new research paper shows that wine as an investment class beats the Russel 3000 equity index. AP ; WSJ law blog ]. SIPPED and SPIT: wine as an investment. But journoblogger Felix Salmon punches holes in their methodology and conclusions. Reuters ]. SIPPED: legal action. SIPPED and SPIT: smoky pinot. MORE >>

If you've been following this blog, you know that I just turned in my thesis on wine and millennials, and the good thing about the 21 - 32 millennial generation (for winemakers) is that they are open to everything. Cantina di Soave: Market Research. Curious, isn't it, the way that wine drinking in America goes through phases? MORE >>

Speaking of the FTC, Blake Gray, former wine columnist for the SF Chronicle, has a lengthy post decrying the fact that the new FTC regulations come down harder on blogs than they do traditional media. SIPPED: the hard question; SPIT: advertorial. And they’re not about the turkey. The FTC would be proud of Dawson! 13WHAM ]. WSJ ]. CNN ]. MORE >>

This is the first guestpost by the honorable Deetrane, wine lover and pal extraordinaire : I am honored to be a guest blogger here on the Brooklynguy blog. I'd never tasted any of these wines, but some quick research on WineZap showed the average retail price for any of these bottles was about $60. disappeared into the wine list. MORE >>

Drawing on his research on crowd-sourced hotel reviews, he writes on his blog : “A well-written review tends to inspire confidence about the product, even if the review is negative. Which of these two fictitious wine reviews is more likely to make you want to buy the wine? will blow yer mind! An interesting phenomenon to be sure. MORE >>