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Article: Seven decades of wine: key events and turning points in the U.S. WINE industry.(Wine Business)
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- Beverage Dynamics
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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In any seven-decade stretch in most European wine countries, only incremental changes may be seen. Wine makers get only one chance a year to make a wine, and on most estates, one or perhaps two wines are made.
In the U.S., wine has changed so radically in the last 70 years--since the founding of this publication (then titled, Liquor Store & Dispenser)--that it is almost unrecognizable. Indeed, its growth from 1935, when Congress passed the first regulations establishing a three-tier system for liquor distribution, can only be characterized as completely erratic and totally reactive.
The major developments that affected American wine are based on consumer ...