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Birthday week essay 2023: It’s time to say goodbye
The blog will end in January after a successful and enjoyable 16-plus year run
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One year later, and nothing has changed
The WC warned the health watchdogs about Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte, but they did nothing
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No, Vintner Project, $30 wine will not bring Bud Light drinkers to wine
Why doesn’t anyone in wine – even those with the best of intentions – understand that price matters?
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Welcome back, restaurants: Please let wine drinkers help you return to normal
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Pat Brennan, 1942-2021
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SVB collapse: What’s next for the wine business?
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Ohio regulators: Why can’t wine writers get samples in your state?
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Wine of the week: Barossa Valley Estate GSM 2017
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Why it's so hard to figure out what wine prices are doing
That’s because there are prices, and then there are prices
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Porch wine 2023: Roses
Four roses for summer porch sipping
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Yes, all those wine and health studies are flawed
Say the experts: "The state of nutrition research is poor"
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Can a wine glut boost the wine business?
Of course – if the wine business wants to turn out quality $10 wine
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TV wine ads: Did Bolla get it right 41 years ago?
The Wine Curmudgeon's decades-long survey of TV wine ads has found few worth watching; most are either sappy, miss the point, or rely on stupid humor…
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ChatGPT probably won’t save wine from itself
The WC spent some time with a chat AI, and it didn’t quite understand what was going on
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April Fool's wine post 2023
Big Wine consortium will launch a line of plant-based wines
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