Wine Production and Inventory in the U.S., 2012–2024. The ratio of inventory to production has been rising for more than a decade and reached 1.68 at the end of 2024.

Fighting for market share. “Naturally the French make good wine. The Italians taught them how.” 1968 U.S. magazine #wine advertisement for Bertani wine, imported by Heublein.

For the English-speaking market. Advertisement for 1893 Sparking Berncastler Doctor by E & F Cantor Sektkellerei, Mainz. Emil and Friedrich Cantor founded their Sektkellerei around 1852 in Bad Kreuznach and moved it to Mainz in 1864.

Per Capita Wine Production in the European Union, Marketing Year 2024/2025

JOURNAL OF WINE ECONOMICS, BOOK REVIEW (forthcoming). Dan Keeling “Who’s Afraid of Romanée-Conti? A Shortcut to Drinking Great Wines.” Quadrille, 2024. Reviewed by Andrew Plantinga. www.cambridge.org/core/service...

Main Rosé Wine Producing Countries in 2023 (Share in %)

JOURNAL OF WINE ECONOMICS (forthcoming): “Firm size and profitability: Key determinants of performance in European wine firms” by Ivana Tomas Žiković , Jana Katunar and Josipa Višić www.cambridge.org/core/service...

Bottle of wine. Edward Hopper (1899) - Pablo Picasso (1912)

Manual disgorging (dégorgement) machine in Gevrey-Chambertin (Burgundy, France), c. 1930.

Wine Grape Varieties in Haut-Rhin (Alsace) in 1958: Chasselas accounted for 30%, followed by Sylvaner at 27%. There were more hybrid varieties than Riesling.

Georg Siebert (German 1896-1984) Weekend, 1928. Oil on cardboard.

JOURNAL OF WINE ECONOMICS, BOOK REVIEW (forthcoming): 
Stephen Brook: The Wines of Austria Académie du Vin Library, 2024. Reviewed by Lawrence Coia.
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JOURNAL OF WINE ECONOMICS (forthcoming): “Wine Stars & Bars: The combinatorics of critic consensus and the usefulness of order preference models” by Jeff Bodington. www.cambridge.org/core/service...

The Epic Decline of Languedoc-Roussillon’s Vineyard Area, 1974–2023

Karl Blossfeldt (German 1865-1932) was a photographer and sculptor. He is best known for his close-up photographs of plants and living things, published in 1929 as "Urformen der Kunst."

France removes 20 copper preparations for organic viticulture. The ban affects all powder preparations as well as products like Kocide 2000 or Kocide Flow. Only two products – Champ Flo Ampli and Héliocuivre – remain permitted - under much stricter conditions magazine.wein.plus/news/france-...

Château du Clos Vougeot, Burgundy (France), postage stamp from 1951

Grape Harvest Dates in Beaune/Burgundy, 1659-2018. Since the early 1980s, the moving 20-year avg of Burgundy grape harvest dates has dropped by 16 days. That is, harvest starts more than half a month earlier than 35 years ago.  #climatechange #globalwarming

The great Peter Falk as Columbo in "Murder under Glass" (1978). The bad guy is trying to kill Columbo with poisoned Margaux (in a Burgundy bottle). He uses a gas syringe wine opener with poison in the needle. Here is the crucial video part www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsBL...

Marius van Dokkum (Dutch 1957*) Wat de boer niet kent … 2011. (What the farmer doesn’t know ….. he won’t eat)

Grape Varieties in the Côte d'Or, Burgundy (France), 2023

Wine transportation (and moving) company A. Bouley of Volnay, located in the Meursault–Dijon region of Burgundy, circa 1910. Shown are the ELECTRIC TRUCK, two trailers, and all employees — along with four children and a dog. Note: the telephone number was simply “8.”

Grape varieties in the Côte d'Or, Burgundy (France) in 1957: Pinot Noir accounted for 33%, followed by hybrids (21%) and Gamay (17%). Chardonnay accounted for only 13% of the vineyard area.

Hans Staub (Swiss 1894-1990) Winemaker with barrel, Switzerland, undated (before 1990). Fotostiftung Schweiz

Busts of Silenoi with wine skin and little wine barrel (Roman, mid 1st century BCE-mid 1st century CE). Silenoi is the plural of Silenus. Silenus was a companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus. He is typically older than the satyrs of the Dionysian retinue. Art Institute Chicago

Pesticides noticeably slow down yeasts during fermentation magazine.wein.plus/news/pestici...

Wine Grape Varieties in California in 2024 (bearing acres).

Grape Festival Poster, Rome, Italy 1938. The “A.XVI” refers to the 16th year of the Fascist Era, which began in 1922 (when Mussolini came to power).

Willy Ronis (French 1910-2009) Le Vigneron Girondin (Bordeaux), 1945. Ronis was a French photographer. His best-known work shows life in post-war Paris and Provence.

Wine Grape Varieties in California in 1971 (bearing acres).

Two boys sit on a kvevri (qvevri) among numerous other kvevris, eating grapes near Telavi in the Kakheti region of Georgia, circa 1970s.

Côtes-du-Rhône Bans Photovoltaics in Vineyards, Citing 'Destruction of the Landscape, Uncertain Viticultural Effects' magazine.wein.plus/news/cotes-d...

When wine was deemed food. One bottle of red wine (12% alc) as the equivalent of 850g milk, 370g bread, 585g meat, and 5 eggs (“and” or “or”?). 1950s advertisement for F. Sénéclauze wine from Oran (Algeria).

The French Army’s wine stock before the Battle of Gallipoli, Dardanelles Campaign. The Dardanelles Campaign of 1915/16 was a failed WWI military campaign in modern Turkey Gelibolu. The Entente powers, Britain, France and Russia, sought to take control of the Turkish straits.

White Wine Grape Varieties in France, 1961: A World Before Chardonnay

Supply launches tow barges with barrels of wine for French Dardanelles Campaign troops at Moudros, Greece, 1915/16. The Dardanelles Campaign of 1915/16 was a failed WWI operation. The Entente powers—Britain, France, and Russia—sought control of the Turkish straits. Photo by Ernest Brooks (1915).

Michel Fingesten (Czech-Austrian 1884-1943) The Drinkers, 1919

Extreme heat in Burgundy since record-keeping began in 1921: The number of days with maximum temperatures above 35 °C has surged. The top five extreme-heat years have all occurred since 2002 — 2003 (14 days), 2015 (10), 2020 (9), 2022 (9), and 2025 (8). #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

Oswald Ruppen (Swiss 1926–2018), Grape Harvest above Sion, Valais (Switzerland), 1968.

Per Capita Fish and Seafood Consumption Worldwide, 2022: Astonishing Disparities.

François Kollar (French/Slovak/Hungarian, 1904–1979) Burgundy grape harvester and her "capeline." Charenton-le-Pont, 1932. Kollar—born František Kollár near Bratislava—moved to France in 1924 and became a renowned photographer.

Main Rosé Wine Consuming Countries in 2023 (Share in %)

Poster for “Caves Petrissans,” a restaurant in Paris, France, founded in 1895 and still in existence. The poster was left unfinished in 1920 and finally printed in 1997. Dimensions: 102 × 66 cm. Artist: Charles Loupot (1892–1962), a French painter and one of the pioneers of modern poster art.

Wine Sales in France 1988–2023, by Color. The rise of rosé and the fall of red. From 1988 to 2023, red wine’s share fell from 83% to 44%. The overall decline in France’s wine sales stems entirely from red wine’s drop. White wine stayed flat, while rosé surged—its share rising from 9% to 35%.

Automatic wine bottling line in Georgia, 1976. Photo by Anatoli Rukhadze. National Archives of Georgia.

American Triumph. Ad for Marschall & Co. American Extra Dry Champagne. Showing a radiant Columbia drinking American champagne, as a scowling older woman, carrying champagne labeled "Rheims" and a gold purse, leaves for a French ship in the harbor, c. 1880. www.loc.gov/item/2005691...

Global Land-Ocean Mean Temperatures, 1880-2024

Albert Anker (Swiss, 1831-1910). Still Life with White Wine and Nuts (date unknown)

A winemaker in Guria, western Georgia, draws wine from a buried kvevri (qvevri) using a traditional gourd ladle inside a marani, the Georgian wine cellar. Several sealed kvevri are embedded in the earthen floor. Undated (likely 1950s–1970s). National Library of Georgia

Changes in Consumer Wine Prices Over 10 Years in Selected European Countries (2015–September 2025): Wine price inflation has been particularly high in Türkiye (1,582%), Croatia (92%), Bulgaria (67%), and Montenegro (60%). In contrast, prices have declined in Ireland (-11%) and Cyprus (-6%).