Wisconsin, Egypt and Wine

Many of us are familiar, at least on a basic level, with the situations in Wisconsin and Egypt, where the oppressed or otherwise swindled populace of each locale revolted.  Time will tell what ends might be realized in these revolts, but the important part is that they happened.  In both situations, greed went too far and the people said ENOUGH!  What many people may not fully grasp yet, is that we are faced with Wisconsin and Egypt-esque dilemmas almost every which way we turn.  The wine industry is no exception... in fact, it's a good case-in-point for us apolitical winos, like Tom Philpott points out in his article "A new era dawns in the wine world"

Rather than summarize Philpott's points in this post (seeing as I already wrote my own Rant on the issue), I'll just encourage you to go read it.  It's easy to digest whether or not you know anything about wine, and I agree with 100% of Philpott's observations and assertions.  No sector of society, not even the drunk sector, can afford to ignore these issues for one day longer, and popularity be damned, I am going into the trenches.