US economics professor Mike Veseth is the brains behind the wineeconomist blog. Author of ‘Wine Wars’ and ‘Extreme Wine’, he is currently writing a collection of essays on money, taste and wine.
What Vintage are you?
1949 – Must have been a good year because it is the same as my wife Sue and she’s definitely a fine vintage!
What bottle sparked your love of wine?
A Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet changed my life years ago, and put me on the path to wine economics.
Ambition or talent – what matters more?
Talent without drive = unrealized potential. I like over-achievers.
What would you be as a wine?
I aspire to be a Late Bottled Vintage Port – sophisticated and approachable.
Where are you happiest?
When I’m in the vineyard talking with….
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