Closing Out 2024
December 30, 2024. Well, 2024 is coming to an end, my friends. Early in the Holiday Season, we visited our local chain bookstore where I gravitated first to the shelves for “Wine, Beer, Spirits.” The shelves were packed with gifts covering all manner of beers, selected hard liquors, and an abundance of cocktail books. I suppose cocktails are the new thing. But I was distressed that among all of this printing there was not a single book on wine. I wonder what this foretells – an echo of an earlier time when cocktails were all the rage and wines were considered stoggy? If this is a cycle, let’s hope it moves on quickly. We began 2024 by checking-in with Annette Boyd for our third annual interview. ( We will hear from her again in 2025.) We also interviewed wine scientists Lucie Morton, and Joy Ting in addition to informal chats with at least 22 winery and vineyard owners or winemakers who unfailingly offered unique insight...