Grape Production Down, Wine Demand Up, Lynn Alley at Wine Spectator Reports

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Vine Shortage Throughout Northern California Due to Economic Slowdown, According to Lynn Alley at Wine Spectator With the economy picking up again, growers are planting like crazy – a trend not seen since the 1990s. For the past ten years, there has been a global oversupply of wine and more vines simply weren’t needed. Then the… [Continue Reading]

Managing Editor of Wine Spectator, Kim Marcus, Recommends an Affordable Spanish Red

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Managing Editor of Wine Spectator, Kim Marcus searches the world wine market to find fantastic, affordable wines. Wine Spectator Kim Marcus has uncovered a Spanish secret being sold at a local restaurant in his very own Queens, N.Y. neighborhood. He describes his find: “This red is from the Jumilla district in southeastern Spain and is made from the grape Monastrell,… [Continue Reading]