DO BIG CORPORATIONS RUIN WINE?

Dan Berger of Appellation America wrote an interesting article that examines the effect wine corporations, mergers and buyouts have on the wine itself.

“Wine consumers may not realize it, but such business dealings in wine may actually have a dramatic impact on the wines they have come to know. Most cynics would suggest that corporations only ruin wine, but that’s not always the case.”

He acknowledges that not all mergers have anything to do with the wine’s quality, but some, such as the recent Stag’s Leap acquisition, has everything to do with quality.

To read the article in its entirety, click here.