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The Wine Economist
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The Wine Economist is a personal blog at wineeconomist.com about economics and business. Since 2009, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-20, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link The Wine Economist's posts on wine economics. This thread concerns a post titled "What would Apple Do?" that quotes the saying "no wine before its time".
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Ok, I know it's violently tangential and pretty silly, but I noticed this in the article too. I thought it was interesting because (I'm guessing) it's not a case of the author not knowing the grammatical rules you've just described, but of his not knowing the saying he's quoting. The phrase is "no wine before its time." Not as in "before it is time", but as in "before that wine's appointed time." It was the slogan o…
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on “"What would Apple Do?" - Don't Ask”Submitted Costco and Global Wine (2007) as a story · 20 points
HN discussionSubmitted Wine Uncorked: The Rise of Big [Really Big] Box Wine (2012) as a story · 1 points
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