2019. As we lived through it – it did not seem to be remarkable. Travel and tourism executives and pundits were optimistic as there were increases in people leaving their zip codes and out shopping for new travel experiences. One industry event that did not appear to be out of the normal range of actions […]
Drink More Wine. Help to Grow the World Economy
The year was 2020, and I, among others, spent US$326.6 billion on wine. Thanks to the pandemic, we wine drinkers are finding solace by drinking more wine, pushing revenue to a projected US $434.6 billion by 2027, representing an increase of 4.3 percent between 2020-2027. Dessert wines (i.e., Sauternes/France; Tokaji Aszú/Hungary; Muscat/Italy) are a growing category […]