Robert Joseph notes that some of the world’s best known brands are now producing wines with 8% alcohol, a trend that’s going almost unnoticed.

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Robert Joseph departs from his usual style to prompt readers to look at the wine industry - and their own lives - differently.

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Robert Joseph notes that falling consumption and intrusive health warnings are not a recent phenomenon. And that other forms of alcohol have fared better. Perhaps, he suggests, the wine industry needs to change its attitude to marketing.

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Robert Joseph wonders whether the best people to help counter the World Health Organisation's zero-tolerance attitude towards alcohol might just possibly be our friendly local wine-drinking doctor.

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Robert Joseph considers the challenges for smaller wineries and suggests that working together may be their best hope of long term sustainability.

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Hundreds of thousands of people now give up alcohol for Dry January and Sober October. Some prominent members of the wine industry are taking a stand against this trend. Robert Joseph thinks they are wrong.

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Like conservative political views, a taste for wine is supposed to develop with age. Robert Joseph considers recent research suggesting this may not be as true as it used to be.

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A pair of leading critics disagree on how to react to a wine they find unimpressive. Robert Joseph weighs into the argument.

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Australia's Wine Research Institute is shrinking because of a reduction in funds. Robert Joseph believes this matters, and proposes a novel solution to the AWRI's challenging situation.

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