Archive for the ‘Wine Education’ Category
My Top Wine Stories & Wine Trends of 2006(In no particular order) Un Oaked White WinesEarlier this year WineOpinions discovered that the awareness of Un-Oaked Chardonnay had reached approximately 60%. That’s impressive given that only a few years ago it seemed that the most ubiquitous wine in America was the OVER-oaked Chardonnay. I love this trend toward acceptance and awareness of a different style of wine not only among the trade but among consumers too. It’s good for the wine…
A group of French lawmakers have issued a report recommending that school children be taught "how to appreciate wine" and the commencement of "education programs to inform young people about the origins, history and characteristics of French wines." Can you imagine the hysterical outrage that would be aimed at those who suggested such a thing here in America. The folks at MADD would…well…go mad. The justification for this proposal in France is pretty obvious. Their industry is ailing to a…
I spent a bit of time looking over Gary Vaynerchuk’s Wine Library TV when it first launched. I thought it a good idea watching the first episode, but it also stuck me as a bit bland; as though Gary, the host and the focus of the show, hadn’t found his stroke yet. After WineLibrary TV placed an ad with Fermentation I went back and took another look. Gary has most certainly found his stoke!! Before you label me a whore…
The post right below this one spurred on Fred Koeppel of KoeppelOnWine to make this comment: "Tom, I know that you don’t review wines on Fermentation, but you owe it to your readers and fans AND to the winery that disappointed you to tell us what the winery and the wine are. These people should understand that longtime consumers of that wine are disappointed and they should know why. It’s when we DON’T speak up that such dumbing down of…
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…
