Podcast:Special Sauce with Ed Levine Published On: Fri Jan 09 2026 Description: On this episode of Special Sauce, The New York Times's superb wine critic Eric Asimov details the many challenges facing the wine industry. He cites high prices, over-production of factory wine, and the snootiness of too many wine enthusiasts AND the people that serve and sell wine. Eric even offers his prescription for many of the problems that plague the wine biz. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices