What I'm Reading

How GLP-1 Reshapes Users’ Relationship to Casual Dining

GLP-1 users are an increasingly central consumer for casual dining restaurants, and their distinct preferences are poised to reshape the category.  (Morning Consult)

Bag wines, low alc wines, no alc wines. It’s all happening!

One of the more exciting trends in recent years has been winemakers in the Pacific Northwest experimenting with wine packaging and with wine itself. This includes wine in bags, lower alcohol wines, and no alcohol wines. (Sean P. Sullivan - Northwest Wine Report)

Scientists Just Traced The Origins Of Modern Wine To 2,000-Year-Old Tuscan Seeds

Two ancient wells, sealed for nearly two millennia beneath a hilltop in Tuscany, held a secret worth waiting for. Inside them, scientists found grape seeds now helping rewrite what we know about the origins of modern wine. (Study Finds)

This Wine Was the Toast of the World. Now Even the Locals Don’t Drink It.

In restaurants and wine bars in Bordeaux, plenty of other wines are open, but few bottles of the local product. Why? (New York Times/Eric Asimov)