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Wine and the economic downturn: a sense of paradox

By winecase | Published: January 8, 2009
It’s a story about the Emerald Inn in the New York Times that got me thinking about the whole, strange relationship between wine (and booze in general) and the economy. You see, the Emerald Inn is a historic pub from New York’s Upper West Side that was supposed to close in the spring, because its rent [...]
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The great closure debate: Corked wines? What corked wines?

By winecase | Published: August 4, 2008
A little while a go, I worte about how Decanter had moved into the debate about corks and screwcaps by siding with the screwy side of the argument. If corked wines are a huge problem – up to 12% of wines are corked, according to some wildly flung statements -, then it is time to [...]
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Dreaming of Starting Your Own Vineyard? Read This.

By winecase | Published: July 10, 2008
In the last few weeks, I’ve been reading through a special Decanter page called “Living The Dream“, where Richard Mayson, a writer from said magazine, presents his thoughts and impressions on a project that has been taking him away from wine writing. Back in 2004, he decided to start his own winemaking operation and bought [...]
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Decanter screws up its courage

By winecase | Published: June 21, 2008
Decanter magazine made quite a bold statement this week – and a bit of a marketing move for their August issue. “Screwcaps are best: Decanter Verdict“, says the title, as if the pronouncement was the definite word on the issue. Many of the big guns are on deck to affirm the position. Steven Spurrier calls the [...]
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A glimpse at the WineCreators

By winecase | Published: April 23, 2008
Little has filtered, as of yet, about what went on at the incredibly ambitious WineCreator meeting that was held in Ronda, in Jérez country, last weekend. Yet a lot of people are surely curious about knowing what the “greatest” minds in winemaking and wine journalism came to discuss during this ” tribute to creativity [...]
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