Tariffs and American Wine: Additional Costs, Export Trouble and Hostility

One year in, many producers say tariffs have not helped them, and some countries are rejecting U.S. wine altogether. (New York Times)

Why Does The New York Times Keep Telling You Alcohol Will Kill You?

It’s not a temperance campaign — it’s a business model (Drinks Insider/Felicity Carter)

Why 19th-Century Bourbon Tasted So Different Than The Liquor We Know Today

After a disastrous rye crop one spring, "the Kentucky distillers mixed corn meal with their rye mash as a desperate expedient, and so discovered the proportions of what became famous later as bourbon." (TastingTable.com)

The 750ml Wine Bottle Is Outdated — And Solo Drinkers Know It

Open the bottle, drink one-third to one-half of a th bottle, put it in the refrigerator. The next day, it's drinkable but no longer exciting. (Medium).

Strategy’s biggest blind spot: Erosion of competitive advantage

Misperceptions about the reach and durability of competitive advantage are hurting many companies’ profits. Five rules can help organizations maximize their edge over peers. (McKinsey & Co.)

Can Wine Appellation Systems Withstand Climate Change?

Extreme weather is testing long-standing appellation rules on allowed grape varieties, vineyard locations, and more, intensifying the debate over the future relevance of geographical indications. (SevenFifty Daily)

What's in your wine? Using NMR to reveal its chemical profile

New work from Georgia Tech is showing how a simple glass of wine can serve as a powerful gateway for understanding advanced research and technologies. (Phys.Org)

The States With the Most Wineries in 2026 [MAP]

The total number of wineries in the U.S. contracted for the third year in a row, decreasing by 3 percent from 2025, according to the WineBusiness Analytics Winery Database. The downward trend is particularly noticeable in state-by-state counts, where the most populated state, California, dipped by 2%. (VinePair)

Trump Tariffs: Why I’m Waiting for Godot

Waiting for the Supreme Court to rule on Trump's tariffs seems like the play, Waiting for Godot. (The Wine Economist/Mike Veseth)

How to request tariff refunds if the Supreme Court rules against IEEPA tariffs

If the court rules that tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) are unlawful, importers of record may be able to obtain refunds for duties paid.  (Avalara)

For Your Health

Reading a Kindle at Bedtime Finally Ended My Decades of Insomnia

Dealing with insomnia from childhood, marriage changed the complexion of my insomnia. My husband’s many, many blessings include untroubled sleep, which is infuriating to witness at close range. Worse yet, my mister has zero tolerance for my stabs in the dark at restfulness: He forbids police procedurals on the bedroom TV and also hates when I leave my lamp on.

I was left to stew in my own juices, blinking at the ceiling … or to find an actually dependable approach to falling asleep. But then, quite by accident, everything changed when I got a Kindle, (Wirecutter/New York Times)