A wine industry on the move! As the new year progresses there are all kinds of opinions and thoughts about where we as a wine region and industry are headed. Some points are well taken, others less so and some simply don't seem to be all that beneficial to consumers or the wineries involved.

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• 4:08.00 - What is the excuse for bottling costs going up 30-40 % other than that is what the market will bear? It just seems excessive and like a lot of things maybe it can be based on inflation, supply chain issues, energy costs etc but when all of those goes down, the cost does not.
• 13:05.00 - What causes a winery to stop making a particular wine even if club members and fans love it? How does the focus shift from there?
• 21.12.00 - Although 100 % cabs are popular, have you thought of bottling a Bordeaux blend in which you combine your expertise around Merlot and Cab with smaller amounts of Petite Verdot/Malbec/Cab Franc?. Stated otherwise I thought ACV was brilliant in coming out with the Eloge years ago, why not you?
• 25:42.00 - After the 2024 grape market fall out what are wineries doing now prepare for the 2025 growing season and harvest?

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Barrels barrels every where and plenty of wine to go around! It was the 10th annual barrel trial tasting at Pine Ridge Vineyards this week and yours truly got an invite. Frankly it is now a new favorite event and provides an immense amount of insight into a winemaker's crazy brain. Let's dive in.

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