Ep 382: Don Kavanagh on Wine's Next Wave and The End of the Cult of the Somm

<p>Don Kavanagh who joined for <a href= "https://winefornormalpeople.libsyn.com/ep-330-journalistic-integrity-in-wine-with-don-kavanaugh-of-wine-searcher" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Episode 330: Journalistic Integrity in Wine with Don Kavanagh of Wine-Searcher"</a>  comes back to talk about wine's next wave and Wine-Searcher's controversial article: <a href= "https://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2021/07/farewell-to-the-cult-of-the-somm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Farewell to the 'Cult of the Somm.'"</a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/45638/Don_K.png" alt="" width="283" height="238" /><em><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Don Kavanagh, Editor of Wine-Searcher</span></em></p> <p>To refresh your memory from <a href= "https://winefornormalpeople.libsyn.com/ep-330-journalistic-integrity-in-wine-with-don-kavanaugh-of-wine-searcher" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ep 330</a>, Don is the editor of <a href="https://www.wine-searcher.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Wine-Searcher's</a> journalistic arm. He has spent the past 25 years either working in the wine trade or writing about it, in his native Ireland, the UK, and New Zealand. He has a dedication to telling things as they are -- as a true observer of situations rather than a judge, jury, or partisan -- and publishes articles on topics that need to be tackled in the wine industry but that others won't touch because of wine politics. </p> <p> </p> <p>In this show Don and I discuss how the wine world is starting to look in a post-pandemic world where a shift towards stay-at-home drinking and more casual dining will likely be lasting trends. We address the (sort of earth-shattering, in our little world) quote from the head of Penfolds, Peter Gago, <a href= "https://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2021/07/farewell-to-the-cult-of-the-somm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">which was the highlight of the article in Wine-Searcher</a>:</p> <p style="padding-left: 40p