
The essentials of the wine world remain the same: grapes are grown, harvested, fermented, turned into wine. The goal: to produce better and better wine at the highest profit possible. But along the way there are plenty of hits and misses as winemakers seek to stand out in an ever-changing, mob-sized throng. Wine Spectator's James Laube explains.
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