Why are there so few sociological articles on wine? Why is there no scholarly discipline called the Sociology of Wine? Why have Sociologists been silent on the topic of wine? Those were some of my first questions when I began studying the wine industry a decade ago. I have an Read more…
The world celebrates International Malbec Day, or World Malbec Day, on April 17th. The Malbec grape is believed to have originated in southwestern France. It has been cultivated in the region for centuries and was one of the six grapes originally permitted for use in Bordeaux wine. However, Malbec fell Read more…
The Winkler Index, also known as the Winkler Scale, is a measure for classifying wine regions based on the heat summation or growing degree days over a season. The index was developed by professors Albert Winkler and Maynard Amerine at UC Davis in the 1940s after prohibition. The purpose of Read more…