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Cal Poly Humboldt Emeritus professor Robert Hodgson joins the podcast to discuss wine economics, his work establishing the Fieldbrook Winery in McKinleyville, California, and his important research on the reliability of wine judges.

Read a transcript of the podcast: https://wine-economics.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Robert-Hodgson-podcast-podcast-transcript.pdf

Episode #1: Robert Hodgson: Improving the Art of Wine Judging

Orley discusses the origins of the American Association of Wine Economists and the Journal of Wine Economics in a conversation with Karl Storchmann, Clinical Professor of Economics at New York University.

Episode #2: Karl Storchmann: The Origins of the Journal of Wine Economics

In this episode, Orley speaks with Robert Stavins, the A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy and Economic Development at Harvard Kennedy School, who also serves as a longtime editor of the Journal of Wine Economics. The two discuss Rob's service as review editor at the Journal, and their thoughts about how popular books and films sometimes succeed and often fail in their portrayal of wines and wine culture.

Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://wine-economics.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Robert-Stavins-podcast-podcast-transcript.pdf

Episode #3: Robert Stavins: How Books & Movies About Wine Can Succeed or Fail

Orley speaks with Richard Quandt, Hughes-Rogers Professor of Economics, emeritus at Princeton University, and a great lover of wine, who has brought  his very skilled quantitative methodologies to the world of wine, wine tasting, and wine judging. Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://wine-economics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Richard-Quandt-podcast-transcript-6.2.2025.docx.

Episode #4: Richard Quandt: Applying Quantitative Methods to Wine Tasting

A podcast produced by The American Association of Wine Economists and hosted by Orley Ashenfelter, the Joseph Douglas Green 1895 emeritus Professor of Economics at Princeton University. Photo credit: James J Connolly, instagram@jconpixphotos, website: https://jconpix.photoshelter.com/index

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