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...economists are interested in wine and take wine seriously,” Stavins says. “I think this is true of a lot of academics, but economists like to say A is better than B and compare ratings and prices...
...When the Houses were first built in the early 1930s, the Prohibition movement was still in force. But a love of good wine is more difficult to prohibit...
...perfect example of the synthesis of academia and oenophilia is Robert N. Stavins, Pratt professor of business and government. Last year he co-founded of the “Journal of Wine Economics.” Around the same time, he threw a “Sideways” party, featuring painstakingly recreated food and wine combinations from the movie that made pinot noir—a “peculiar” grape in his words—popular...
...copies of his “Journal of Wine Economics” lie on a desk in his darkened office, a nod to what he calls his “little obsession...
...Stavins has been collecting wine for two decades and has amassed a cellar of about 1,200 bottles...