Archive for the ‘Wine Business’ Category
*******************************************************************************************Don’t forget to take the Fermentation Survey!CLICK HERE to take the survey…All I ask is three minutes of your day.******************************************************************************************* If the new poll of Wine Industry CEO carried out by Scion Advisers is any indication, we can say with some confidence that 2007 will be the year that the wine industry discovers the utility of e-commerce. Of the over 116 Wine Industry CEO’s queried, 44% said the top issue they are talking about is the benefit of investing more…
The folks at Zinfandel Advocates and Producers (ZAP) have released to the media the fascinating results of a survey of Zinfandel producers. In it we see on display the hopes, concerns and views of one of the more interesting slices of the winemaker universe. There is a great deal of information in this survey report. So much so that I don’t want to go into all of it. But I do want to hit some highlights…or at least highlight some…
I’ve written about that company called Enologix before. Not too flatteringly either. However, that doesn’t mean I’m not fascinated by the subtext of the Enologix story: delivering sameness of style is merely a proper response to what the consumer demands. Enologix is a company that has essentially mapped out the chemical elements of wines that score well with Robert Parker and the Wine Spectator Magazine. The company helps a winery deploy manipulations in the vineyard and cellar to come as…
There are a large, and I mean really large, number of wine blogs on the Internet that specialize in celebrating the lesser priced wines…affordable wines, value wines, wines under $20, etc, etc. I’m going to be a little bit obnoxious here and suggest that the reason there are so many of these blogs is because the average blogger simply doesn’t have much experience or access to more expensive or more COLLECTIBLE wines. These bloggers turn their current economic circumstances into…
"Sideways" the movie was able to have such huge impact on the wine market and on Pinot Noir sales primarily because it received such great reviews. It was not a big blockbuster so it too these kind of reviews to put rears in the theater seats where they could encounter the happless wine lovers and the picturesque vineyards of Santa Barbara. The Acadamy Award nomination sealed the deal. There was hope that the new film, "A Good Year", might have…
