Wine has a (liminal) class problem

Wine in the UK and US does have a class problem. But it’s not that it’s too middle class. It’s that it's the wrong sort of middle class.

This article is dedicated to the memory of Professor Roy C Wood. I knew Roy at various times as my university lecturer, then Head of Department, my first boss, a co-author, MPhil supervisor, and ultimately a good friend. He was also the only person to cross my picket line during strike action¹. Roy was a hugely influential figure in the sociology of food…