Ask the WC 41: Final edition

This, the final edition, of Ask the WC: What to do after the blog ends

Because the customers always have questions, and the Wine Curmudgeon has answers.

Dear Jeff:
Is there anything we can do to get you to reconsider ending the blog? I understand your reasons, but there is an audience for what you do.
Loyal reader

Dear Loyal:
Thank you for the kind words, but no, not really. I checked with some very smart people, and we considered a variety of ways to keep the blog going (including asking Churro, the blog’s associate editor, to take my place). But, in the end, there just seems to be little reason to write about quality, affordable wine when the wine business has very little interest in making any.

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Say it ain’t so, WC:
Who do you suggest we read instead of you?
Need suggestions

Dear Need:
My pal Dave McIntyre at the Washington Post is one of the best. Joe Roberts, the 1 Wine Dude, has the proper perspective on the wine business. And, perhaps surprisingly, there are still plenty of local newspaper types who write about the sorts of wines most of us drink..

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Hey, Wine Curmudgeon:
Can’t believe you’re leaving. What will you miss the most?
Gobsmacked

Dear Gobsmacked:
You, and the rest of the blog’s readers. Yes, I long ago tired of the arguments about availability, but other than that, you’re the reason I did this for so long. You love wine as much as I do, and you want to find something to drink that doesn’t taste like it came from an industrial spigot.  How could I not appreciate that? And, though you didn’t ask, I won’t miss writing tasting notes. I’m almost giddy with the thought that I will never have to do it again.

More Ask the WC:
• Ask the WC 40: Gallup poll, premiumization, RTDs
• Ask the WC 39: Drinking less, affordable wine, cheap wine
• Ask the WC 38: More about negative reviews, inflation, availability

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