Faith, Beer, and Other Things That Interest Geoff

The South Jersey wine merchant with the devoted cult following is pleased for exactly 10 seconds.

Then his smile fades.

So more people are drinking wine.

"But what most people are drinking," he laments, "is the wine equivalent of a McDonald's hamburger."

Or to put it in beer terms: "They may have switched to syrah, but it's still Budweiser."