Wine 2.0
Welcome to “Bin 218” Duluth’s local wine blog. Feel free to ask any questions! I’d love to hear what you want to know!
Millennials – Also called Echo Boomers, at close to 80 million strong we rival the numbers of the Baby Boomer generation. We’ve grown up with the world literally at our fingertips. We don’t only embrace technology; we expect it to be part of our daily lives. On a daily basis I use; Skype, Facebook, UofM mail, Aol mail, Outlook, Myspace, and now DuluthDish. I use all of these for business and also to stay in touch with friends and loved ones. Not only do we have the world at our finger tips, but college students from our generation are studying abroad in record numbers. Many colleges are even making study abroad a requirement. Millennials are more world traveled and more diverse than any previous generation. Millennials are bringing European culture and love of wine back to America. This is great news for the wine industry! As shown in the image, Millennials are consuming more wine than any previous generation. It makes perfect sense that we are going to combine our use of the internet with what we love.
Interesting spin on cultural/generational aspects of wine fandom. I’m among the proud 23 percent of GenX wine lovers, an attitude I picked up on our honeymoon in Spain, France and Portugal (England too, but they’re more about the ale). Mostly I try to find good new wines under $10 a bottle (I know I’m cheap). But as we all know, this year’s $6.99 can turn into $15 in a few years. You’ve got to wade through a few so-so wines to find the good ones, but hey, someone’s got to do it. Love Duluth Dish!