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Welcome back, restaurants: Please let wine drinkers help you return to normal
Five suggestions to increase restaurant wine revenue and make wine drinkers happy
Jeff Siegel
Apr 8, 2021
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Pat Brennan, 1942-2021
Pat was a Texas wine pioneer, but more importantly, he was a genuinely nice guy
Jeff Siegel
Nov 11, 2021
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Ohio regulators: Why can’t wine writers get samples in your state?
When it comes to three-tier, even the First Amendment doesn’t matter
Jeff Siegel
Apr 22, 2021
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Wine of the week: Barossa Valley Estate GSM 2017
The Barossa Valley Estate GSM is an Australian red blend that is simple, but still interesting and enjoyable
Jeff Siegel
May 19, 2021
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Alexa, who is the Wine Curmudgeon?
There’s viral, there’s Andy Warhol’s 15 minutes of fame, and then there’s Alexa
Jeff Siegel
May 7, 2021
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Wine of the week: Masciarelli Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2018
Once more, Italy’s Montepulciano d'Abruzzo region yields quality and value – this time from Masciarelli
Jeff Siegel
May 11
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Shocking news: Wine tastes better when it costs more money, even when it doesn’t
New study finds “Pleasantness of the budget wine increased when presented with a fake higher price”
Jeff Siegel
Apr 5, 2021
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2022 $10 Wine Hall of Fame
Good news again this year – eight wines entered the 2022 $10 Wine Hall of Fame
Jeff Siegel
Jan 7
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10 years of premiumization -- and all the damage that has been done
Higher prices are strangling wine to death, so that we may have lost a generation of wine drinkers
Jeff Siegel
Aug 5, 2021
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Did independent convenience stores and small grocers do better during the pandemic than traditional wine retailers?
One study suggests that the independents and neighborhood retailers saw wine sales grow more than 40 percent
Jeff Siegel
Mar 25, 2021
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Winebits 705: Drink Local, glass bottles, ancient wine
This week’s wine news: Is regional wine coming to the wine business’ rescue? Plus, one more analysis dissects glass bottles and wine may be even more…
Jeff Siegel
Jul 6, 2021
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Drinking wine in the rain
Just in case you ever wondered what that was like -- because we all have, right?
Jeff Siegel
May 12
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