Sitemap - 2022 - Fermentation
Your Invitation to 2023 and Beyond
A Wine Seller, A Greek and a Consumer Walk Up to the Bar...
Wine Buyers, Fine Wine Retailers and the Value of Reputation
That Feeling You Get When You Can See The End of Your Usefulness
A Response to Wine's Diminishing Place in the Society
Increased Cannabis Abuse and the Future of Alcohol
Authoritarianism and the Case Against Shipping Alcohol
The Most Beautiful Places on Earth Do Not Include Vineyards. Why?
There Will Be No Tucking of Tails in the Wine Shipping Battles
Killing the Author of the Message is War
The Theory and Rules of Wine Gifting
Gratitude For The Wine Industry
Something I've Not Done Before: ASK FOR YOUR HELP
Top 100 Wine Lists Don't Age Well
Baby Making and Alcohol Consumption: A Polish Fairytale
Understanding the Midterm Elections' Connection to the Alcohol Industry
Musk and the Future of Wine Twitter
A Thoughtful Consideration of the Sheer Hellscape that is Wine Tourism
Did Wine Wholesalers Know About Security Failures at Drizly?
Mailbag: "Let Me Give You A Little Education..."
Final Thoughts on the Three-Tier System
An Alternative to the Three Tier System
The Sow and the Grape: A Tale of Commercial Woe
Regulation Today Around the Three-Tier System
Wine and the Words That Shall Not Be Spoken
The Constitution and the Three-Tier System
The Politics of the Three-Tier System
Wine Wholesalers Survey Reveals Mothers Love the Three-Tier System and Jesus
Gatekeeping and Rent-Seeking in the Three-Tier System
The Three-Tier System, Product Diversity, and Consumer Access to Products
The Evolution of the Three Tier System
It's the Season When Gamblers Say Their Prayers
The Origins and Justification for the Three Tier System of Alcohol Regulation
The Three Tier System: What It Is And What It Is Not
When Revolutionaries Become Cogs in the Wheel
A Primer for the New President of the Wine & Spirits Wholesaler's Trade Organization
Elizabeth Schneider: The Ramble
Will Cannabis Lose An Advantage Over Wine?
The Miracle of the Vintage Charts
Let's Discuss Beer and Morality Further
The Problem with Men...And Beer
Coming To Terms With Wine Influencers Requires Subtle Attitude Adjustments
No, Wine Writers Are Not Still Needed
On The Screen and Beside My Bed
The Trend of Expanded Consumer Access to Wine is Coming For Colorado
Advocates, Provocateurs, Cheerleaders and Journalists.
Fact Checking: A Review of the Lies and Distortions of the Wine & Spirit Wholesalers of America
Another Day, Another Lawsuit, Another Reason to Cheer
A Challenge to the Wine Media Are Those Other States' Wines
If You Are Buying Cult Cabs, You Should Be Tasting What They Can Become
This Is How Wine Law Becomes Corrupted
Here's What You've Missed at Fermentation
Wine Communicators Must Take Their Politics Seriously
The Wisdom of the Crowd for Wine vs Drain Snakes
Alcohol Franchise Laws: Nothing But Margin Theft Producers and Retailers
Sober Contemplation and the Happiness Quotient
A Little Bit of Something Is More Than a Whole Lot of Nothing
The Intersection of Alcohol Law and Abortion Law
It's Almost Never "Just Business" In the Alcohol Industry
Considering Alcohol, The Whigs and the Candle Industry
Part 5: Response to the Wholesalers' Claim "DTC Shipping Is A Job Killer"
Part 4: Response to the Wholesalers' Claim "DTC Shipping Is Full of Counterfeits"
Response to Wholesalers Claim "States Can't Regulate Out-of-State Alcohol Shippers"
Response to Wholesalers Claim "DTC Shippers Don't Pay Taxes"
Response to Wholesalers' Claim "Minors Use The Internet to Obtain Alcohol"
On Wine, D-Day, Fathers and a German Prison Camp
The Male-Female Education Gap Need Not Impact a Man's Career in Wine
The Quick Demise of a Good Idea
Buzz Arlett and the Minor Leagues of Wine
Wine-Searcher Actively Entertaining Investor Offers Is No Surprise
Winemaking and the REAL Sonoma Coast
The Blueprint for a Modern Alcohol Regulatory System
This Is What Protection from Competition Costs
What We Do (and drink) When No One Is Looking
Looking for Context, Insight and Knowledge Among Wine Influencers
There Is No Public Support for Alcohol Anti-Shipping Laws
A Plea For More Honesty In Wine
Communicating In The Age of Constant Disaster
The "YUMMY PRODUCTS PROHIBITED" Approach to Regulating Vice Will Spur Innovations
The Catastrophic Whine Comes to Wine
Why the Wine Industry Is Slow To Adopt Technology
The Stratospheric Cost of Napa Valley is a VERY GOOD THING
When the Fetal Position Is All That's Left
How To Tell Your Winery Story Effectively
The Five Necessary Reforms to the American Alcohol Industry
The Ongoing Deluge of New Wines Continues
The Investment Opportunity in Willamette Valley Wine Country is huge
From the Fermentation Mailbag: "You are an idiot"
Don't Break Up the Big Wine & Spirit Wholesalers
Wine Marketing's Victimization of Old Folks
We Need More Heterodox Opinion in Wine
Taking money out of the pockets of wholesalers: The goal of alcohol regulatory reform
The Impossibility of the Three Tier System
The First Perfect American Wine
The Benefit of Pursuing Happiness in the face of Tragedy
#4: The Wine That Made America Into a Wine drinking Country
VP Ted Goes "Old School" In Advocating for Alcohol Regulatory Reforms
#3: The Wine Heard Round The World
The Wine In The Cellar is For More Than Drinking
#2 A Wine To Represent the Indispensible Napa Valley Man
Tanya Morning Star Darling: The Ramble
#1: Establishing a Legacy of Seriousness
A New Reason to Embrace the "Old World / New World" Explanation of Wine
The Definition of "Cult Wine" We Can Agree Upon
Little As It is, Do What You Can
We Choose Our Source of Joy and I Choose Illinois
Where Lads, Drinks, Women and Headlines Converge
Inspiration: The Crucial Point of Comparison Between Wine Regions
Where Wine Ratings and Masking Meet
Where Do You Go Next Once You Call Folks Murderers to Make a Point?
The Silver Bullet for Wine Retailers
When Wine Retailers Aren't Really Wine Retailers
The 9 New Important Wine Books Worth Your Time
The Potential Inflationary Impact on Winery Shipments to Consumers
Depicting Wine In Black and White
Direct to Consumer Wine Stories
Figuring Out the “Ice-In-Your-Wine” Market
The Anonymous Three Tier System
The Wine Drinking Habits of Robber Barons and Peasants
Red Wine Will Protect You From Covid Infection
Lying to Paint the Wine Industry As Racist