Wine Wars
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Wine Wars

The Curse of the Blue Nun, the Miracle of Two Buck Chuck, and the Revenge of the Terroirists

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Wine Wars

The Curse of the Blue Nun, the Miracle of Two Buck Chuck, and the Revenge of the Terroirists

About this book

Writing with wit and verve, Mike Veseth (a.k.a. the Wine Economist) tells the compelling story of the war between the market trends that are redrawing the world wine map and the terroirists who resist them. Wine and the wine business are at a critical crossroad today, transformed by three powerful forces. Veseth begins with the first force, globalization, which is shifting the center of the wine world as global wine markets provide enthusiasts with a rich but overwhelming array of choices. Two Buck Chuck, the second force, symbolizes the rise of branded products like the famous Charles Shaw wines sold in Trader Joe's stores. Branded corporate wines simplify the worldwide wine market and give buyers the confidence they need to make choices, but they also threaten to dumb down wine, sacrificing terroir to achieve marketable McWine reliability. Will globalization and Two Buck Chuck destroy the essence of wine? Perhaps, but not without a fight, Veseth argues. He counts on "the revenge of the terroirists" to save wine's soul. But it won't be easy as wine expands to exotic new markets such as China and the very idea of terroir is attacked by both critics and global climate change. Veseth has "grape expectations" that globalization, Two Buck Chuck, and the revenge of the terroirists will uncork a favorable future for wine in an engaging tour-de-force that will appeal to all lovers of wine, whether it be boxed, bagged, or bottled.

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Table of contents

  1. Prelude: Grape Expectations?
  2. Chapter 1: A Tale of Two Glasses
  3. Chapter 2: Old Bottles, New Wine
  4. Flight One: Globalization—Blessing or Curse?
  5. Chapter 3: The DaVino Code
  6. Chapter 4: Missionaries, Migrants, and Market Reforms
  7. Chapter 5: The Masters of Wine
  8. Chapter 6: Curse of the Blue Nun
  9. Chapter 7: America’s Hangover
  10. Globalization Tasting
  11. Flight Two: The Miracle of Two Buck Chuck
  12. Chapter 8: Martians versus Wagnerians
  13. Chapter 9: They Always Buy the Ten Cent Wine
  14. Chapter 10: Everyone’s a Critic
  15. Chapter 11: The McWine Conspiracy
  16. Chapter 12: The Future of Wine in Three Bottles
  17. Two Buck Chuck Tasting
  18. Flight Three: Revenge of the Terroirists
  19. Chapter 13: Mondovino and the Revenge of the Terroirists
  20. Chapter 14: The War on Terroir
  21. Chapter 15: The China Syndrome
  22. Chapter 16: The Best of Wines or the Worst of Wines?
  23. Grape Expectations Tasting
  24. Notes
  25. Acknowledgments
  26. Selected References
  27. About the Author