Alcohol is civilisation

“We should not fail to notice the conspicuous absence of kimchi-or-yoghurt-based super-cultures.”

I subscribe to a drinks industry mailing list with a round-up of the previous day’s booze news. As you can imagine it makes depressing reading for someone who writes about wine for a living. In the last week, there were stories about vineyards in California ripping up their vines because nobody wants the grapes, endless ‘why won’t Gen Z drink’ articles …