About Dr. Vino

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I talk, teach and write about wine. This all started in my Ph.D. dissertation on the political economy of the wine industry in France and the United States. So yes, I am a real doctor—I don’t just play one on the web. On this site I make good value wine recommendations and also look at the world through the wine glass, bringing in diverse perspectives and lively reader contributions. In the past year, my wine writing has also appeared in print in Food & Wine, Wine & Spirits, the New York Times, and Trump magazine among other places (see “in the media“). I also teach wine classes at NYU and the University of Chicago, taste about 2,000 wines a year, and give talks and tastings for individuals and corporations (see “events“). On July 1, 2008, the University of California Press published my first wine book, Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink. I am currently working on a second wine book for Simon & Schuster. Thanks for visiting and consider subscribing to the site feed. Cheers!
Tyler Colman