Wine Industry Uncertainty 2025 Update Nine months ago today, The Wine Economist published its annual column that, inspired by the upcoming Unified Wine & Grape Symposium, looks ahead to the future. The theme was sort of anti-climactic at the time, but it seems pretty much on the mark at this point: the future of wine is always uncertain, but 2025 […] https://wineeconomist.com/2025/10/14/2025-update/
Three Cheers for Saperavi and Georgia’s Wine Market Miracle This column is inspired by a recent birthday celebration dinner that featured three very different Saperavi wines from Georgia. >>><<< Mariam invited us to a dinner celebrating her husband Todd’s birthday and we accepted with enthusiasm, offering to bring some Georgian wines with us. Mariam is originally from Georgia, so her dinners often feature dishes […] https://wineeconomist.com/2025/10/07/saperavi/
“Globalization versus Terroir” after 20 Years “Globalization versus Terroir” is the title of my first published essay on wine economics. It appeared as a chapter in my 2005 book Globaloney: Unraveling the Myths of Globalization, which was the third in a four-volume series analyzing globalization and its discontents. (See list of books below.) The wine world has changed a lot in 20 years […] https://wineeconomist.com/2025/09/23/globaloney/
How Will We Know (When the Wine Market Finally Turns Around)? If only wine were as simple as love. How Can You Tell? How can you tell if someone really loves you? The answer is simple, according to Betty Everett’s 1964 hit tune “The Shoop Shoop Song.” Does he love me, I want to know How can I tell if he loves me so Is it […] https://wineeconomist.com/2025/09/16/shoop/
Trading Places in Rioja? White Wines Rising in Red Wine Regions Will white wines replace red as the defining wine of the Rioja region? No, probably not. A recent Decanter tasting of more than 700 wines included only about 150 white wines. That’s many fewer than the red wines, of course, but probably more than you expected, given the dominant identity of Rioja wine. Look for more […] https://wineeconomist.com/2025/09/09/new-whites/