Take That to the Bank (ep. 175)

<p>Strategic reserves -- everything from Canadian maple syrup to seeds -- are intended to stabilize prices or to help us survive, in both the short and long term.  So what are we keeping and why?  (and what happens if someone steals it?!)</p> <p>Like what you hear?  Become a <a href= "http://www.patreon.com/yourbrainonfacts.com">patron of the arts</a> for as little as $2 a month!   Or <a href= "https://bookshop.org/books/your-brain-on-facts-things-you-didn-t-know-things-you-thought-you-knew-and-things-you-never-knew-you-never-knew-trivia-quizzes-fun-fa/9781642502534?aid=14459&listref=books-based-on-podcasts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">buy the book</a> or <a href= "https://www.teepublic.com/stores/your-brain-on-facts?ref_id=11890" target="_blank" rel="noopener">some merch</a>.  <a href= "http://www.yourbrainonfacts.com/social" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Hang out</a> with your fellow Brainiacs.  Reach out and touch Moxie on <a href= "http://yourbrainonfacts.libsyn.com/content/facebook.com/yourbrainonfacts">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://yourbrainonfacts.libsyn.com/content/twitter.com/moxielabouche">Twitter</a>,  or <a href= "http://yourbrainonfacts.libsyn.com/content/instagram.com/yourbrainonfacts">Instagram.</a></p> <p>Music: <a href="http://www.incompetech.com/">Kevin MacLeod</a>, <a href="../../../content/FesliyanStudios.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Fesliyan</a>.  </p> <p>Reach out and touch Moxie on <a href= "http://www.facebook.com/yourbrainonfacts">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/moxielabouche">Twitter</a>, or <a href= "http://www.instagram.com/yourbrainonfacts">Instagram</a>.</p> <p>Links to all the research resources are on the <a href= "http://www.yourbrainonfacts.com/panto">website</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the latter half of the 20th century, American wines finally began to come into their own on the global scene.  It was no longer a social faux pas to be seen drinking California chardonnay.  Hastened by a global recession, consumption of E