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Thursday, July 2, 2009
San Francisco Wine Competition awards announced
The 29th annual San Francisco International Wine Competition results have been announced.
Anything you find surprising?
And does anybody else besides me remember those little gold-medal, silver-medal stickers that wine retailers slapped onto bottles as selling points? I specifically remember Arrow Far Hills doing this. And, as I recall, it worked.
Of course, that was BPS — before Parker scores.
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Drinking habits hold steady despite recession
There are some interesting tidbits embedded in this Gallup Poll story about Americans’ drinking habits.
The anecdotal stories that we occasionally hear about folks drinking more alcohol because of the tough economic times apparently aren’t borne out by the Gallup survey.
Wine — which enjoyed a brief, shining moment in the sun when it overtook beer as the alcoholic drink of choice a few years back, then slipped behind beer again in the following year’s survey — seemed to narrow the gap with beer in the most recent poll, although with margins or error and the volatility of those numbers, I suspect it’s a tad early to proclaim a trend, even for us wishful-thinking wine enthusiasts.
Here are some of the Gallup folks’ analysis of the wine numbers, quoting from the report:
When Gallup first asked Americans about their drinking preferences in 1992, beer was the runaway leader, named by 47%; just 27% named wine. Since then, the prevalence of beer drinkers has contracted somewhat, while the percentage of wine fans has grown. The sizable gender gap evident for many years in alcoholic-beverage preferences continues today. The majority of men say they most often drink beer; half of women choose wine. There is also a significant generational difference in preferences, with younger adults favoring beer and older adults favoring wine. As a result, there is a particularly wide gulf between younger men and older women, in terms of drink preferences. Geographically, beer enjoys its greatest popularity in the Midwest. On the basis of education, wine is far more popular among people with at least some college background than it is among those who have not attended college.
Your analysis — preferably, your sober analysis — is welcome. What do you make of these numbers?
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