A master sommelier reveals 4 trends changing the wine industry

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As summer fades to fall, rosé's time in the sun is quickly fading. Fortunately, there are some fresh new wine trends on the horizon.

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"Trends come and go and people's tastes change," Devon Broglie, a master sommelier who serves as the wine buyer at Whole Foods, told Business Insider. Broglie says that spotting trends is a mix of careful data collection and trusting his gut. With years of experience in the wine industry, he has learned how to spot completely fresh ideas that make sense for "intangible" reasons, and bet on these before they become big.

Broglie is one of just 230 people in the world that has attained the title of master sommelier, and he's the only master somm curating a grocery store's wine selection. 

Here are four trends that the master somm says are about to blow up in a big way: