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Value (in billions of US $) of all the wine sold in the US last year. Over the past 12 months, the value of direct-to-consumer sales has risen by 18% to $181 million. (According to a recent Winebusiness.com report, Americans are spending more on premium wine labels.) the average price of a wine sold direct-to-consumer rose to $33.41 in July, representing the highest average bottle price in the US since 2016.

What is Crljenak Kaštelanski?

A. Cabernet Sauvignon

B. Petit Verdot

C. Cabernet Franc

D. Zinfandel

The zinfandel grape’s history in California goes back to the 1830s when it was imported from Croatia (then a part of the Austro Hungarian Empire). In the 1990s, DNA typing revealed zinfandel to be the Croatian grape called, in modern times, crljenak kaštelanski. During the Middle Ages and earlier, however, the grape was called tribidrag and was grown all over the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia. Linguistically speaking, it’s not known how tribidrag evolved to crljenak kaštelanski evolved to zinfandel.

Seriously????

To the list of all the things you can (but maybe shouldn’t) do while drinking, add this: ax-throwing. According to Tasting Table, two new ax-throwing places will open this year in Boston and ax-throwing bars… Continue reading

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