Organized and Re-Organized

Major changes have been affecting the wine world over the last few months. It is reacting in ways that may not always seem clear, so we try to make them more readable for you. Consolidations and restructuring are in the air, as you will see in this week's edition, with currency issues still weighing on international exchanges.

Maybe this is also a week to get back to basics, to untangle the mysterious knots of the causes and consequences of the crisis in the wine world. Like Alain Marty does, when he launches a wine guide based on the ratings of consumer panels. Did the wine world lose interest in the regular consumer ? Should professional critics feel threatened ? Isn't it good that they take the opportunity to be humbled and called back to the basics of their job : the love for wine and the pleasure to be shared. At least, it's always a valid marketing argument !...