Dr. Elinor Garely Loire Valley Wine Market Outlook 2026In 2024, Loire Valley wines hit a 24-year export high, yet face rising competition from Champagne, Burgundy, and global producers. To stay relevant, Loire must elevate product design, marketing, and storytelling, especially in key markets like the U.S., Germany, and the U.K., to meet evolving consumer expectations […]
Drawing in Air: The Living Forms of Jacques Jarrige
InMyPersonalOpinion.Life. Dr. Elinor Garely Entering a Silent Room Made of RhythmWhen I walked into the Valerie Goodman Gallery on an early New York evening, it felt as if I had entered a room made of rhythm and air. The stillness was luminous, rippling softly with the reflections of Jacques Jarrige’s sculptures, whose hand-hammered surfaces caught […]
When No One Answers the Bell
When No One Answers the Bell A Civic Autopsy of a Gym in Decline Dr. Elinor Garely The Cost of Silence: When Operational Inertia Threatens Business Value I once considered my neighborhood gym a sanctuary; the hum of machines, the rhythm of movement, and a quiet sense of community felt like investments in wellness. Today, […]
Beneath the Surface of Tradition: How Friuli Is Building Italy’s Smartest Wine Corridor (Part-3)
Improved cold-chain logistics in Friuli Venezia Giulia, driven by the 2025 Simplified Logistics Zone and $7.56 billion in national investment, are transforming the region into a cross-border leader in food, wine, and pharmaceutical safety. In Italy’s northeast, where the Alps fade into Adriatic winds and vineyards trace the gentle slopes of Collio, a quiet economic […]
Preserving the Pour: How Friuli’s Winemakers Are Confronting Rising Costs(part-2)
In the rolling vineyards of Friuli Venezia Giulia, tradition meets a new kind of urgency. Italian winemakers, especially those rooted in Friuli’s legacy of quality and innovation, are confronting a cost structure that’s shifting beneath their feet. From labor shortages to regulatory burdens and volatile input prices, the pressure to preserve margins without compromising excellence […]
Friuli’s Wine Frontiers: Reds Rising, Whites Enduring, Tariffs Looming (Part-1)
Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy’s northeastern jewel between the Alps and the Adriatic, tells a 2025 story of contrast and resilience. Known globally for luminous white wines, especially Collio’s mineral-driven Friulano and Ribolla Gialla, the region’s identity is expanding. Friuli’s red wines, long overshadowed by their white counterparts, are earning global respect for their elegance, freshness, […]
🍷 Prestige at a Price: The Pieve Project and the Italian Winemakers Left Behind
By Dr. Elinor GarelyInMyPersonalOpinion.Life The Civic Promise of Wine 🏛️The European Union’s Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) framework, into which Italy’s DOC and DOCG systems are folded, is designed to protect authenticity. It’s a civic contract between producer and consumer, promising that what’s in the bottle reflects the land, labor, and legacy of its origin. […]
The Train That Never Waits
Glamour Isn’t Always Inclusive
By Dr. Elinor Garely | InMyPersonalOpinion.Life I spent a day wandering the sprawling, buzzing floor of The Make Up Show at New York’s Javits Center, not the glittery influencer playground you might expect, but a B2B manufacturing temple of containers. The glamour? Walls of identical, empty jars. Tubes shimmering under spotlights. Palettes waiting for product. […]
Bottled Whimsy, Totes of Joy, and the Beauty We Deserve
🎪 The Marketplace of Possibility Every August, the Javits Center sheds its corporate skin and becomes a playground for the curious, the creative, and the commercially inclined. This year’s NY NOW Summer Market, held August 3–5, 2025, welcomed thousands of buyers, makers, media scouts, and design dreamers from across the U.S. and abroad. With over […]