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Wine Industry Decline: The One Trend That’s Costing the Market

by Karen MacNeil | Nov 7, 2025 | Featured

Content updated August, 2026 The wine industry decline is being driven, in part, by the rise of expensive wine by the glass, a shift that has made ordering wine feel risky, costly, and intimidating. Since Coravin changed the by-the-glass model in 2013, the humble,...

The Eagle Doesn’t Scream

by Karen MacNeil | May 22, 2020 | Featured

The following blog is based on a piece originally written in the fall of 2018, and has been revised for this Special Edition of WineSpeed devoted to Oakville, Napa Valley. A recent morning tasting Screaming Eagle has convinced me of one thing: it doesn’t scream....

“Chai” is a spiced tea beverage, but it is also an important French term related to wine. It refers to: The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

A. The day that Champagne bottles are disgorged after secondary fermentation

B. A particular breed of sheep that graze on cover crops in Rhône vineyards

C. An above ground cellar where wine is stored and aged in Bordeaux

D. The level of barrel toast preferred for aging Burgundy wine

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Percentage jump in grocery prices since 2020, according to The Economist. Ground beef alone is nearly twice as expensive as it was in 2019. Grocery stores, however, The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.