Episode #260 — Fighting Antiquated Wine Laws… Plus, Why DO You Like That Wine?

Tom Wark, Executive Director, American Wine Consumer Coalition

This week on Grape Encounters, your easy-going host David Wilson is up in arms over archaic, Prohibition-era laws still on the books in New England that are having a detrimental impact on consumer access to many wines. Tom Wark is the Executive Director of the American Wine Consumer Coalition and explains how you can help to create change.

Sara Schneider, Wine Editor, Sunset Magazine

Does it really matter WHY you like a wine, or that you simply like it? That’s the basis for this week’s installment of Sipping with Sara, featuring Sunset Magazine wine editor Sara Schneider.

And, if you like to read about vino in the blogosphere, Wine.com’s Chief Storyteller Wilfred Wong stops by the Grape Encounters studio on his way back from the annual Wine Bloggers Conference in Santa Barbara. Nearly 400 citizen and industry wine bloggers and social media pros from throughout the world convened at last weekend’s event filled with wine tastings and winery visits you’re likely to be reading a lot about.

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