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Ep 36: The Hidden Ingredient Linking Beer, Coke and Chilled Reds
Why do cool drinks feel so refreshing? And how did coldness become an essential selling point for drinks? The link between chilled drinks and...
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Ep 35: How Aperol Spritz Conquered a Market But Opened the Door to Its Competitors
How did the spritz take over every pub, bar and supermarket this summer? Is it a fad — or is it the result of...
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Ep 34: How the Wine Industry Learned to Bore Its Best Customers
Felicity has just returned from a conference in Dublin devoted to drinking studies, an academic field that examines alcohol's role in history and culture...
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Ep 33: Treasury Wine Estates' Great Brand Purge: Genius or Disaster?
Treasury Wine Estates, one of the world’s biggest wine companies, has announced it is about to cut more than 40 brands from its portfolio,...
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Ep 32: The Great Wine Reckoning (And Why We're Drinking It Anyway)
Global wine consumption fell another 2.7% in 2025 —part of a cumulative 14% drop since 2018. Across the top 20 markets, wine volumes are...
Ep 31: What 1961 Can Tell Us About the Future of Wine
Global wine consumption recently hit its lowest point since 1961, the same year most people were filling jerry cans with wine from the local...