Now this is a REAL nightmare! GLOBAL WINE SHORTAGE!!!!

[dorkzilla]

This is even worse that the nighmare I had last night!!!!

"There's just not enough wine in the world, says Morgan Stanley, and the problem is only going to get worse.
The industry is experiencing an "undersupply of nearly 300 million cases" a year, according to a report from Morgan Stanley Research.

Australia-based analysts Tom Kierath and Crystal Wang say the shortage comes despite the fact that there are one million wine producers globally, making 2.8 billion cases each year. About half of that comes from Europe.
But that's not enough to keep up with worldwide demand".

Oh nooooooooooooooooo!

http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/29/news/economy/wine-shortage/

Edited to add: This is the nightmare I had last night...I knew it was a portent to something awful!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023947939

[In_The_Wind]

1. Oh my! What will I serve when the wine is gone.

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[agent46]

32. Excellent

On a lot of levels.


Guess I'll have a beer.

[In_The_Wind]

35. Sounds like a winner.

[LisaLynne]

2. OMG!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dorkzilla]

4. 300 million cases is just about my quarterly consumption too!

What will I do? Oh, the humanity!!

[LisaLynne]

22. Wait a second ....

They are short 300 million cases and that's the amount you consume ... YOU caused the shortage!!!!!

[dorkzilla]

27. Okay...you got me...

I only drink that much in my dreams...nice warm dreams involving a fireplace with a roaring fire, a stack of books and a pair of snoozing dogs at my feet.

[pinboy3niner]

31. If humanity survives the Winepocalypse it will be nothing short of a miracle!

[mgc1961]

3. It's time to organize a march on the United Nations headquarters.

[HappyMe]

5. That makes a whole new crop

of designated drivers for us non-wine drinkers!

[pinboy3niner]

6. It's claret is a global crisis we face!

Dirty old men everywhere will raise holy hell over this.

[dorkzilla]

28. Hahaha!

Port? Why pick on port? I lurve a nice 20 year old tawny...mmmmmmmmmmm. If i was a dirty old man I guess that statement would mean something quite different!!

[kentauros]

7. Whereas the US Congress is a major contributor to the

Global Whine Surplus.

[dorkzilla]

10. LOL! Indeed, indeed they are! Nt

[KansDem]

8. Well, there's always..."What's the word?!!"

I mean, it's not really wine, is it?

[dorkzilla]

13. Nooooooooooooooo

I've got to brush up on my French...I need to be able to explain what I'm doing sucking their wine out of the casks when I get to Bordeaux....

[pink-o]

9. My dad lives in Sonoma...

Next time I'm there, I'm gonna buy up every bottle of Pinot I can get my hands on!!!

This is how you turn Liberals into survivalists: we'll be stockpiling wine in underground bunkers for the coming (dry) Apocalypse.

[dorkzilla]

11. But it will be the happiest bunker on the block!

Okay, with the wine shortage maybe it won't be the happiest, but think of the singalongs we'll have!


Pinot...it's my favorite wine...but my dad doesn't live in Sonoma

[pink-o]

20. Come to my bunker...

We won't be short of wine, I promise! !

Yeah, and as for going up to see Dad every week--well, it's a hardship, but look at all he's done for me in my life. The least I can do is visit with him--inbetween biking thru the wineries and getting some tasting done!!

[dorkzilla]

30. Why are you torturing me??

I'm a nice woman, I don't deserve to be treated so bad!!

Seriously, I had the misery of living up in Sacramento for a while, and my only solace was my weekend trips to Sonoma and into San Francisco, and my hikes up Mt. Tam...

[FrodosPet]

57. Can we sing "Zombie Skin"?

Does everyone know the words?

[dorkzilla]

58. ROTFLMAO!!!!

Oh.My.GOD!!!

The little girl looks…dead serious…

[Paladin]

14. That's good, leave the cabernets for the rest of us.

Extra points for the liberals as survivalists notion; well-said.

[dorkzilla]

24. Nuh-ah..if it's red, I'll drink it, so your little plan is already failing apart, isn't it??

Oh you'd like to hoard all the cab for yourself but you've not accounted for my mania!!

And don't even THINK about TOUCHING the Cote du Rhone!!

[Paladin]

36. Meanie. Stay away from PlumpJack, OK?

My family will be very upset with me if there aren't a couple of bottles of PlumpJack cab around for the holidays (with merlot as a fallback).

You can have the rest of the California output; I'll resort to something Italian for my everyday red consumption. Deal?

[dorkzilla]

40. Okay, no PlumpJack

Cant agree to the other stipulation though...I like OLD WORLD wines best. I drink Italian and French mostly, throw in a little Portugese and Spanish and I'm well happy!

But...i like you so...I'll happily share!

[Paladin]

44. Damn nice of you, ma'am.

If you're ever in central Texas, the Amarone will be on me.

[dorkzilla]

45. Thanks!

If you're ever in the NYC area, the...um...Manhattans are on me!

[Paladin]

52. Best offer I've had all day. Many thanks. (NT)

[Sunlei]

12. more moonshine is the answer :P

emergency fuel source!!

[eShirl]

15. jesus, wine is even easier to make than homebrew beer

pro tip: if you use a plastic fermenting vat, make sure it's food grade

[dorkzilla]

18. Eh, it may be easy, but it's not great (not where I live anyway)

I grew up in a neighborhood full of Italian immigrants. They all made wine and sausage at home. The sausage was amazing, the wine...not so much. Unless you live in an area where you can grow your own grapes (wine grapes, not the jelly making kind I've got in my yard here in suburban NYC) you have to purchase the grapes from elsewhere. It doesn't make the greatest wine. My friend spends a fortune on grapes, and although he wins prizes locally for his efforts, they're only so-so.

[RockaFowler]

16. This is horrible on so many levels

I need my wine!! It's supposed to be good for you and all

[dorkzilla]

19. Me too!

I've given up all my bad habits, wine is my one last "vice"!

[pinboy3niner]

17. What do you mean we're out of Mogen, David?

[pink-o]

21. mazel tov!

I remember all the Bar Mitzvahs when we would drink that stuff.

Tasted like sour kool ade!

[dorkzilla]

25. Ugh...that stuff is AWFUL

I asked for a glass of wine at my step-brothers bar mitzvah...it was revolting. I'm still traumatized.

[RebelOne]

61. I agree. It is too, too sweet. n/t

[pinboy3niner]

26. My family was Roman Catholic, but the only wine my parents had in the house...

...was a bottle of Mogen David and a bottle of Manischewitz.

[dorkzilla]

33. My family were RC too, off the boat from Ireland

The only wine we had in the house was Jamison's!

[pinboy3niner]

39. "The only wine we had in the house was Jamison's." ROFL!

Dad didn't drink whiskey, so I had to discover the wonders of Jameson on my own. My first introduction to Jameson was at the Buena Vista Cafe in San Francisco, when I had the Irish Coffee for which the place is justifiably world-famous. It stirred my Irish-American blood!

[dorkzilla]

41. I don't drink whiskey myself..

As evidenced by my misspelling of "Jamison's". Or maybe I'm just drunk?

[HappyMe]

43. There's a sign in the local

watering hole that reads "Jagermeister is our house wine."

[Uben]

23. Problem? Wine is a silent killer!

I saw a wine bottle sneak up behind a guy and whack him over the head, and the bottle didn't utter a sound while doing it!

HA! I haven't taken a sip of wine since 1974....my first...and last....encounter with wine! Of course, the Mexican food dinner I had earlier that evening didn't help, and the four hours of dancing afterwards probably exacerbated the situation. I hurled and heaved for hours the next day. Never again.....and I have that memory to reinforce my abstention. The smell of wine turns my stomach.

[mgc1961]

38. Vodka did that to me (c. 1982).

I got the sweats and couldn't eat or drink anything for a couple of days.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

48. For me, it will always be tequila or "to kill ya"

[Hestia]

29. Who has the pool on which hedge fund/manager is going to try to corner the market

on wine just like that guy has who has bought up all the physical chocolate in world.

[dorkzilla]

42. I bet you're right about that! nt

[Agnosticsherbet]

34. It is time to join the "Home Vinter" movement

The Home Vintner

[gopiscrap]

37. yeah, how are we gonna serve communion?

[pinboy3niner]

46. From now on, Communion will be BYOB

[gopiscrap]

53. that'll save the church some money

[Pretzel_Warrior]

47. Now you've got my attention! As much Pinot noir as I go through

I'm not surprised I've managed to drive us to a shortage. I guess I'll have to revert back to craft beers only if this shortage turns to stock outs.....

[Vashta Nerada]

49. Sorry everybody.

I probably drink about 300 million cases of wine a year.

My bad.

[pinboy3niner]

50. We'd never hold it against you. BTW, would you like to come and try the Amontillado we saved?

[dorkzilla]

51. Easy there, Montresor...

I don't think Fortunato posts on DU

[pinboy3niner]

54. That will leave many singin' the cordon bleus

[Vashta Nerada]

55. Turns out that "shortage" was exaggerated:

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/bottoms-theres-enough-wine-go-around-8C11505353

[dorkzilla]

59. A-hem...

If you think I'm wasting an opportunity to drink as much wine as I want with impunity ("but honey, I know I bought 5 cases yesterday but, but…THEY'RE GOING TO RUN OUT!!! You don't want to me to face PMS without wine, do you? DO YOU?&quot you've got another thing coming, my friend.

I'm going to pretend I didn't see that….

[Vashta Nerada]

60. I'll buy you ten bottles.

[Arcanetrance]

56. I'm not to worried til there's a shortage of good whiskey