Hi Dave, I'm not surprised that the NeoProbs are aiming at industry rather than individuals. They learned from their predecessors that it's easier to regulate industry than individual behavior. The effect of their focusing on industry as purveyors of poison though is to infantalize its consumers, making the nanny label maddeningly apt.
I wonder if there isn't a branding opportunity here: Start to call them MADA: Make America Dry Again, and watch both MAGA and the coastal elites flee. Who would possibly line up with MADA?
For an up-to-date reference about actual research in the health issues related to wine consumption check out "The Very Good News About Wine", Tony Edwards, published by Third Eye Media, 1923. Quoting the Author "The book attempts to distil the medical evidence from many hundreds of scientific studies about alcohol and health."
Although I am somewhat isolated by health issues, I still savor the community of wine tasters, & derive life-enhancing pleasure from our mutual passion. When I had to forego wine because of medication, I imbibed vicariously. Who's to say that this wasn't a factor in improved health? I was about to say "mental & physical" health, but is there really a mind/body divide? Sharing the table, sharing the tasting, sharing glasses of whatever juice appeals, keeps us human.
I’m not so worried about prohibition. I live in France. If regulation really worked, no one would be smoking… and yet, here we are.
What I am worried about is forgetting. Not a loud, dramatic exit, but the quiet kind, where wine stops showing up at the table, and no one notices… because no one’s sitting at the table anymore.
When people stop gathering, pausing, spending time together, what place does wine really have?
I think we’re about to be reminded how much we need each other. Especially the younger generations. It’s only human. Health "hacking" will go the way of the Jane Fonda tapes.
Hi Dave, I'm not surprised that the NeoProbs are aiming at industry rather than individuals. They learned from their predecessors that it's easier to regulate industry than individual behavior. The effect of their focusing on industry as purveyors of poison though is to infantalize its consumers, making the nanny label maddeningly apt.
I wonder if there isn't a branding opportunity here: Start to call them MADA: Make America Dry Again, and watch both MAGA and the coastal elites flee. Who would possibly line up with MADA?
Well. Fat fingers. Worked well for playing clarinet. Not so much for texting. I must read the darn text before sending.
For an up-to-date reference about actual research in the health issues related to wine consumption check out "The Very Good News About Wine", Tony Edwards, published by Third Eye Media, 1923. Quoting the Author "The book attempts to distil the medical evidence from many hundreds of scientific studies about alcohol and health."
1923?
As we used to say in the 60s: Pass the ammo, the National Guard is coming to protect you...
Although I am somewhat isolated by health issues, I still savor the community of wine tasters, & derive life-enhancing pleasure from our mutual passion. When I had to forego wine because of medication, I imbibed vicariously. Who's to say that this wasn't a factor in improved health? I was about to say "mental & physical" health, but is there really a mind/body divide? Sharing the table, sharing the tasting, sharing glasses of whatever juice appeals, keeps us human.
I’m not so worried about prohibition. I live in France. If regulation really worked, no one would be smoking… and yet, here we are.
What I am worried about is forgetting. Not a loud, dramatic exit, but the quiet kind, where wine stops showing up at the table, and no one notices… because no one’s sitting at the table anymore.
When people stop gathering, pausing, spending time together, what place does wine really have?
I think we’re about to be reminded how much we need each other. Especially the younger generations. It’s only human. Health "hacking" will go the way of the Jane Fonda tapes.
And wine will be waiting.