Wine Continues To Decline While Spirits Surge

SipSource via Silicon Valley Bank

July 5, 2021 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Pie charts and scatter plots seem like ordinary tools, but they revolutionized the way we solve problems.

Source: The New Yorker (Registration may be required)

July 2, 2021 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Consumer confidence plateaus well below Jan 2020 level

Interactive Chart at source: Morning Consult Daily U.S. Consumer Confidence Indices

July 1, 2021 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

The Calif Drought Went From Bad to Terrible In Just 4 Months

June 30, 2021 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Star ratings suck! Meaningless & plagued by fatal positivity flaws (100-point systems just a bad)

Sources: 5-Star ratings are so useless for recommendations that Netflix tossed its prized $1-million algorithm. Also: Retail Wire: Five-star ratings systems have a ‘positivity’ (grade inflation) problem? NPR: Why 5-Star Rating Systems Don’t Work NBC: Here’s what’s behind all those 5 star ratings The 100-point system isn’t really any better

June 29, 2021 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Consumer demand for “local” during the pandemic continues to impact imported wine

Source: Wine Intelligence

June 27, 2021 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Defining generations: Where Millennials end and Gen Z begins

Source: Pew Research Center

June 24, 2021 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Vaccination rate and wine consumption strongly linked.

Source: American Association of Wine Economists Obviously this is not causal. It’s probably linked to the fact that wine drinkers tend to have higher levels of education and income: https://news.gallup.com/poll/184358/dr

June 23, 2021 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Fire Season Approaching: Assessing Smoke Taint Has No Simple Answers

Source: ETS Labs (video)

June 21, 2021 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Beverages, Bars & restaurants are silver lining for lackluster May retail sales

Source: U.S. Census via Axios

June 20, 2021 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More