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Culture
Did the meatheads win?

Thoughts after the new Bourdain movie

Chase Purdy · 5 min read
Wine has more than a discoverability problem

Don't mistake one symptom of wine’s problems for the disease

Chase Purdy · 7 min read
'We're at a very dangerous moment'

The book is about hybrids. The real argument is bigger.

Chase Purdy · 11 min read · Subscribers only
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Politics
An early look at a Congressional food fight

What the Senate's new Farm Bill draft keeps, kills, and quietly ignores

Chase Purdy · 5 min read
Are we on the cusp of the first $1 trillion Farm Bill?

A trillion dollars, mostly groceries

Chase Purdy · 7 min read
The $4.99 bird for everyone

Let them eat Costco

Chase Purdy · 10 min read
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Land
After Virginia's big chill

"Unusual wines born out of necessity."

Chase Purdy · 6 min read
Hybrid grapes need a winemaking playbook

Research says it's the technique, not the grape

Chase Purdy · 10 min read · Subscribers only
The economics holding hybrid grapes back

The science is pretty settled. The economics? Not so much

Chase Purdy · 6 min read · Subscribers only
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