My friend Jack recently posted a news article (link below) on one of the social networks about the declining production of wine world-wide.
Although I am hardly a wine connosieur I would still drink wine every time I'm offered a glass or whenever I feel like opening a bottle. I prefer reds but wouldn't mind a Chardonnay every now and then.
Now that it looks like wine will be getting more expensive since demand is in excess of supply we might have to resort to some drastic measures, such as:
1. Stepping up production of local wine. Here on the Big Island of Hawaii, we have the Volcano Winery. They make a variety of grape, fruit and specialty wines. Some local favorites are Hawaiian-Guava-Grape Wine, which costs about $20 a bottle and Macademia Nut Honey Wine, also $20 a bottle.
2. Check the possibility of making wine out of other local fruits. The Big Island is known for, among other things, those sweet and fragrant papayas. Has anybody tried making papaya wine?
3. Rice wine abounds all over Asia. The Japanese have Saki. Filipinos have Basi. And since there are many Asians in Hawaii who are rice lovers, maybe it's about time somebody comes up with a Hawaiian rice wine.
4. If nothing else works and you're desperate enough, try meditating on vats of tap water and maybe if you're lucky, a miracle will transform water into wine.
Cheers!
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Posted with Aloha
- ARIEL MURPHY
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Sounds like a mis-match between supply and demand, rather than passing Peak-Wine! Factor in climate change, and Kansas will soon become a major wine-producing region!!
ReplyDeleteGo Kansas! I assume Paul that you will be giving samples of Kansas-made wine. :) Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteGood one ! - I still love wine, but economically had to start downgrading to beer, cheaper & less alcohol, but it's a very long & slow process :-)
ReplyDeleteA very long and slow process of what? Being able to look at the world with rose-colored glasses? :) Thanks Sir Peter!
DeleteI see your two knights were the first to respond on this one, m'lady....LOL, wine gets us every time ;-)
ReplyDeleteWelcome back Sir Peter! I hear that a certain lap dancer...oops...laptop.... has kept you isolated in another kingdom. Camelot appreciates your return!
DeleteThere are still some good inexpensive wines out there - maybe we need to make a wine cellar or, like you say, start making our own. I hear China is starting to produce wine - but like every other unregulated produce from China, I wouldn't really trust it's safety [but a lot of cheap Chinese wine could keep the competitor's prices down.]
ReplyDeleteI still remember a time when people used to talk derisively about goods made in Japan. Well look at the quality of those :"Made in Japan" goods now. I like to think that China is paying more attention to quality these days otherwise those computers manufactured in China would never be able to survive in the market. Still it would be interesting to taste Chinese grape wine. China of course has been producing wine since time immemorial using rice. Thank you for your comment, Mary. From your info about China starting to produce wine (grape probably) I have reason to hope that wine will remain affordable.
DeleteWow! Peter, Paul and Mary are all in! Thank you guys and gal!
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