TMiW 1 – Looking Back, Looking Forward

This is the premier episode of This Month in Wine, a monthly discussion about what is going on within the wine world from a consumer and insider perspective.

Hosts: Tim Elliott and Jeff Lefevere

Topics

• What’s up with Good Grape?
• Is wine blogging on the decline?
• Wine Trends & Predictions for 2012
• Value Replaces Cheap
• Wine Regulation Reform Continues
• Sweet Wines Continue Growth
• Blends Come Back in Vogue
• Green Packaging Booms
• Chinese Wine Market Continues To Show Influence
• Recovery of Wine Market
• Low Alcohol Wines
• Natural Wines

Events

• Wine Blogging Wednesday 74, Feb. 15th, Value Sparkling Wine
• Dark & Delicious, February 17, 2012, Alameda, CA
• San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Public Tasting, February 18, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
• For wine events near you check out Local Wine Events

Links discussed on the show

• Good Grape Goes on Hiatus
• Reflections on 8 Years of Wine Blogging 
• Top Ten Wine Trends in 2011
• Wine Trends To Watch in 2012
• 5 things about wine to focus on in 2012 
• Forecast: Wine, grape prices to rise in 2012
• Doug’s 10 Trends for the Wine Biz in 2012
• Top 5 Wine Trends in 2011 
• Bulk-wine inventory hits 12-year low
• China overtakes UK to become fifth largest wine-consuming nation: Vinexpo
• Cool climate wines could grow Aussie volumes 
• Wines Worth a Taste, but Not the Vitriol
• Natural Wines “Not For The Masses”
• Natural wine movement, just noise?
• The Natural Wine Debate Gets Ugly 

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