This is an excerpt from an article I wrote, published on Palate Press on February 2, 2011.
From across the U.S. you can almost hear the collective exhale of relief by wine retailers. Having adjusted inventories to accommodate the tighter purse strings of wine drinkers, retailers found that while the byword for 2010 was “value,” customers began, once again, to feel more comfortable making the extra trip to visit their local wine shop.
For the rest, check out the article at the Palate Press.
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