To kick off 2024, Adam, Joanna, and Zach share some of their predictions for the drinks industry in the new year, including a banner year for Mexican spirits, even outside of agave, continued confusion around what consumers want with regards to ABV in various drinks, and the continued erosion of wine as a restaurant mainstay. Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your episodes, and send any questions, comments, critiques, or suggestions to podcast@vinepair.com. Thanks for listening, and be well.
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What Does 2024 Have in Store for the Drinks Industry?

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Adam, Joanna, and Zach break down GALLO's acquisition of Montucky Cold Snacks, then are joined by restaurateur, consultant, and VinePair contributor Dave Foss to discuss his recent piece about how unbeknownst to most diners, elevated menu prices in bars and restaurants are being driven by a surge in labor costs that have created new challenges for operators. Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your episodes, and send any questions, comments, critiques, or suggestions to podcast@vinepair.com. Thanks for listening, and be well.
Joanna is reading: For Craft Spirit Distillers, a Dark Mood Is Simmering
Zach is reading: Welcome to the Era of the $100 Bar Snack
Adam is reading: A Fresh Take on Fat-Washing With GN Chan of Double Chicken Please
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Surging Labor Costs Are a Nationwide Challenge for Bars and Restaurants

Adam, Joanna, and Zach discuss the many competitions and judgings that wine, beer, and spirits producers can enter: do medals or high scores really shift consumer behavior, or does the fact that there are so many of these scores, points, and medals floating around rob them of their ability to have much impact? Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your episodes, and send any questions, comments, critiques, or suggestions to podcast@vinepair.com. Thanks for listening, and be well.
Zach is drinking: Willamette Valley Chardonnay
Joanna is drinking: Negroni
Adam is drinking: Mint Julep
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Do Medals Move Bottles?

Adam, Joanna, and Zach respond to a recent San Francisco Chronicle piece about the purportedly dire situation facing California winemakers, and propose that the current struggles are more an aftereffect of the pandemic than a cataclysmic shift in how Americans feel about wine, but also that small winemakers absolutely need to be more honest about their business plans and how they can prepare for difficult times. Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your episodes, and send any questions, comments, critiques, or suggestions to podcast@vinepair.com. Thanks for listening, and be well.
Joanna is reading: The Hidden Hospitality Hazards When You’re Too Big for the Bar
Zach is reading: Can Burgundy’s Low-Sulfite Wines Reshape Tradition?
Adam is reading: Why Drink Makers Seek Royal Warrants — and Why They Might Be Nervous Right Now

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Wine Is Art, But Wineries Need to Be Businesses

Adam, Joanna, and Zach discuss whether individual wineries and even entire regions should be focusing more on their local and regional markets, as well as trying to bring in tourists, as opposed to attempting to get their wines into markets around the country: is that a fruitless chase that ends up costing more money than it could ever generate? Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your episodes, and send any questions, comments, critiques, or suggestions to podcast@vinepair.com. Thanks for listening, and be well.
Zach is drinking: Cadillac Margarita
Joanna is drinking: Bourbon Renewal
Adam is drinking: Paloma
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Does Going National Make Sense for Domestic Wine Brands?

Adam, Joanna, and Zach respond to a listener question about whether successful luxury wine brands have an obligation to help make wine less snobby and more approachable, and speculate on who exactly that responsibility does fall on. Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your episodes, and send any questions, comments, critiques, or suggestions to podcast@vinepair.com. Thanks for listening, and be well.
Note: audio was updated at 9:15 am EDT to correct an issue with echo-y sound at around the 11:00 mark.
Zach is reading: America’s Regional Pizza Styles
Joanna is watching: Time To Taste
Adam is reading: We Asked 11 Brewers: What’s Your Go-To Mexican-Style Lager?
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What Does 2024 Have in Store for the Drinks Industry?

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