Every Wednesday I post my recommendations of the best of last week’s postings concerning wine, whether blogs or news. I list them in the order I read them, so you shouldn’t infer anything about the order in which I list these posts.

Dan Berger: The collapse of cabernet

http://www.napavalleyregister.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/wine/columnists/dan-berger/article_704bc688-0712-11df-a231-001cc4c002e0.html

Dave Berger’s bemoaning of the change of Cabernet Sauvignon from a balanced food wine into a alcohol behemoth owing more to oak than the underlying fruit. I think this is a reflection of the demise of the food wine, something I wrote about a few weeks ago. http://artisanfamilyofwines.com/blog/?p=897

Recession puts cork in 2009 wine sales

Frugal consumers make for ‘brutal’ year in U.S.

By Chris Macias

http://www.modbee.com/business/story/1026094.html

The title says it all.

Petite Sirah Versus Petite Syrah, Versus Durif, The Debate Heats Up

Juicy Tales by Jo Diaz

http://wine-blog.org/index.php/2010/01/27/the-petite-sirah-durif-debate-heats-up/

Petite Sirah or Durif, which is it? In America, it’s pretty much called Petite Sirah, but in France, where it’s not much grown, it was developed by Dr. Durif, and is called Durif. This article explores this history, and the controversy around the name Petite Sirah.

For keeping up to date with what’s going on the in wine world, the best all around source is http://winebusiness.com.

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