Archive for the ‘Culture and Wine’ Category
The burning question of our day appears to have been answered: “Does drinking make people happier, or does being happier make people drink?” This is the question that scientists in the UK wanted to answer and developed an app to help them gather the data to come up with an answer you will surely find hard to believe: “After controlling for prior happiness, the researchers found that the drinking had a slightly smaller boost on overall happiness, but the effect…
Assuming we don’t fall victim to a zombie apocalypse between now and 2045, what are the odds that in that year the likes of Rolex, Aston Martin, Chanel, Cartier, and Four Seasons will have gone belly up? What are the odds that St. Barts, Aspen, Bora Bora, Ibiza and Monaco will no longer be destinations for the wealthy? The odds are small. Very small. These are all brands that possess enormous equity that has been earned over time and remained…
Ideology infects everything. Starting with politics, of course, but ideology and the personal philosophies and world views that inform ideology are seen in the wine industry too. By “ideology” I mean a philosophy of how the world works or ought to work and, more specifically, how that worldview impacts one’s view of man other subjects and topics. I think it’s rare these days for one’s ideology to place them in the middle as a moderate. More often than not a…
“The question for the wine industry is whether marijuana consumption could replace any portion of wine (alcohol) consumption. This isn’t the right question. The right question is: what portion of wine consumption will marijuana consumption replace? The first question was apparently the topic of conversation at a session during the recent Unified Symposium that dwelt on “historic and emerging disruptions to the wine industry.” I’m absolutely convinced that the coming state-by-state legalization of marijuana will replace some wine consumption. How…
In 1965 per capita consumption of wine (PCCW) was flat from the year before. It neither grew nor decreased year over year It marked the moment when PCCW rates would go on a spectacular 18 year increase of 140% In 1986 the growth of PCCW was flat from the year before and would mark the year when PCCW decreased by 77% over the next 8 years. In 1995 the growth of PCCW was flat from the year before and would…
