Archive for the ‘Wine Business’ Category
So did the world just change for producers of red wine? We won’t know the commercial impact on winemakers of the latest resveratrol revelation for some time. The degree to which the recently announced study on the positive effects of ths anti-oxident found in red wine motivate folks to drink more red wine is unquestionably being fantasized about here in wine country. This story of wine’s positive effects certainly has gotten more coverage than past stories…stories and studies that ovr…
Yesterday’s New York Sun ran a rather interesting and entertaining article on the crazy ascent in prices of the worlds most collectible wines. The star of the show these days is, apparently,1945 Mouton Rothschild, which recently sold for $290,000 for a case. According to the article many of the "trophy wines" are spiraling up in price, a trend that began in the early fall. The question is why? Jeff Zacharia of Zachys Auction House explains the upward momentum this way:…
I’ve actually lived in a number of locations where you could actually smell the industry that drives the economy. When the right combination of wind patterns and industrial output comes together you know what kind of industry is driving the local economy. I lived in Arcata, California for a few years when I was getting a bachelor’s degree in History at Humboldt State University. Arcata is located in Northern California just north of Eureka. When everything came together just right,…
I don’t think it is a matter of simply being adverse to change, though I am a fan of stability. That said, I really can’t say how disappointed I was recently when I picked up a domestic rose that I’ve drunk a lot of over the years. It was, sort of, my "go to" rose: it has been truly dry, expressive of strawberries but not overly so, exhibited good acid and really was a beautiful afternoon quaffer that usually came…
In the world of trends you’ve got "leading indicators" and "trailing indicators". The former tells where the trend is headed while the latter suggests where the trend has headed. Higher education is a trailing indicator. A demonstration of this can be found in the news report that Appalachian State University in North Carolina has created a "Wine Studies" department. Most states in the U.S. are "third tier" wine producers. That is, they are not understood to be sources of fine…
