Page 454 - NEWNORMAL_ANIMATED
P. 454

NEW NORMAL





































        that the old order will ever return in the gas-  I  miss travelling – but I  am enjoying the
        tronomy?                                 flexibility of working on line. This week I am
          This is something I am worried about.  giving three webinars in London, France and
          So many restaurants are going bankrupt  Hungary. Impossible before when travelling
        around the world – so I think it will take time  everywhere.
        before the restaurant trade will resume its for-  Maybe we need to find a new energy and
        mer role. For rosé I was very aware that pre Co-  a new flexibility. Take away food and eating in
        vid restaurants and sommeliers were a great  restaurants. Good innovative advice from som-
        way to introduce more individual wines to the  meliers, travel and on-line – and maybe ano-
        consumer.                                ther year before there is much travel.
          Instead – easy cheaper wines for drinking at   Elizabeth Gabay MW
        home have been very popular. But not every-
        where. In Italy sales are down – Italians appa-  I believe that the future of wine in gastro-
        rently do  not drink alone at home. In the UK  nomy will continue to grow and become even
        there has also been an increase in drinking Port.  more important than it currently is.  I  think
           On line tastings have been very popular and  the consumers are smart and their interest
        a means to introduce consumers to new ro-  and knowledge in wine will only continue to
        oms – but I think much of this will reduce after  grow.  People more and more want to know
        covid.                                   where their food came from and how it came
          If I could think of what will happen I could  to be much like we already do with our grapes
        become a millionaire!!!                  and vineyards. I think small producers that can
          Restaurants and fine wine – but we may be  combine those two and offer both local wines
        in a recession and there will be less income.  with locally sourced food will be better esta-
       454
   449   450   451   452   453   454   455   456   457   458   459