Time to Talk About Flavoured Wine and Chocolate Georgian Dumplings

Americans are now drinking more flavoured wine than sparkling. I think that's worth talking about.

May 17 • Robert Joseph

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If/when En Primeur Bordeaux 2025 Fails, Long Live Bordeaux Anteprima 2026

A long, discursive, look at en primeur since its earliest days, with reference to nuclear missiles, French supermarkets and English boarding schools.

May 10 • Robert Joseph

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The Jane Anson Wine Podcast Part 2 - Georgia, Disappeaing Chateaux and Funerals in Ghana

Another half hour chat with Suzanne Mustacich, one of my favourite wine journalists

May 2 • Robert Joseph

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Taking a Long Hard Look at Wine Profitability

An analysis of how and where the wine industry makes, and does not, make financial sense, including return on capital, and land value

May 1 • Robert Joseph

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April 2026

Building a Wine Brand

Part One of a two-part interview wit Suzanne Mustacich of The Wine Podcast

Apr 23 • Robert Joseph

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March 2026

Wine Thoughts Prompted by Alcohol-Free Guinness in Dublin

Zero-alcohol wine has some way to go before it is as close to the 'real thing' as the best AF beer, but it's getting there. How will that play out in…

Mar 30 • Robert Joseph

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Is Your Wine a Brand or a Label? Here's One Way to Find Out For Yourself.

There are well over a million different wines on shelves and lists. Which would be missed if they disappeared? Artificial Intelligence could help to…

Mar 30 • Robert Joseph

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February 2026

The Wine Industry is Losing Valuable Talent. Time to Counter this Dangerous Trend

Almost wherever you look, high quality people are either being laid off or choosing to leave the industry. We need to do something about this.

Feb 22 • Robert Joseph

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'Interesting times' for Wine Distributors and Producers in the US and UK

Wine producers rely on their distributors. Two of the biggest of these are going through major disruption.

Feb 18 • Robert Joseph

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Is Australia About to Revolutionise Wine - Again?

Australia deserves credit for having popularised new forms of wine packaging twice. Is it about to make that a hat trick?

Feb 13 • Robert Joseph

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Addendum to "What Job Does Your Wine Do" (Thanks to Courtney O'Brien)

Linkedin regular, and drinks business consultant, Courtney O'Brien also considered what job any beverage has to do - and, in a Linkedin post, usefully…

Feb 12 • Robert Joseph

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Interview: Kylie Minogue, Princess of Pop and Pink Prosecco

An interview I did with Kylie Minogue at ProWein in Dusseldorf in March 2023. By Courtesy of Meininger's International.

Feb 12 • Robert Joseph

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