Does Place Matter Anymore For Wine Drinkers?

What new changes to the German wine law can tell us about the value of place in an age of terroir denial.

In so many of my wine conversations over the years, the most challenging question from consumers that always pops up is this: Why are some wines so much more expensive than others? Often, the question is posed as a variation of this: What’s the real difference between a $50 bottle and a $15 wine? Or even more accusingly: Can you really tell the differen…