DISQUS

Wow, interesting stuff!
"Wikipedia-informed voters probably won’t end up voting, if past trends hold true." - is that based on age correlation (young = wikipedia = doesn't vote)?

But more importantly, this points to a possible opportunity for the candidate capable of becoming associated with an issue of importance to dissaffected voters, bridging the gap between candidates running on personality and people concerned about issues, and getting the people who don't normally vote to do so.

The one person with the best positioning to do this, Al Gore, is also not running. He has obstensively stopped being a politician and become an issue-activist. Perhaps this is a model for future candidates: issues and page rank first, "character" second?

One interesting footnote is that Spanish production of tradition method sparkling wines was triggered by the Phyloxera plague of the late nineteenth century. The Champagne region was decimated and French negotiants went south in search of a replacement product, which they actually labeled as Champagne. With the advent of European Union regulations, the Spanish product could no longer legally be called Champagne, hence the creation of the name Cava, but like anywhere else many people not in the trade still use Champagne as a catch-all term for bubbly.

Question: Isn't the Jerez D.O. also akin to the Cava D.O. in that it limits wineries to production of a particular category of wines, in this case Generosos, or fortified wines?

Hi Ryan,

Congratulations on the first year!

As a former home beer brewer (gave that up when I moved to Barcelona 10 years ago) I can relate about the lack of hops in Iberia.

Best regards,
Steve