Sep 18, 2006
HERE is a really good promotion that the folk over at Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines are putting together to honor the Beaulieu Georges de Latour Private Reserve, a wine that is truly an historic CA wine. They want anyone with a good story about this wine to write in and share it with them. The best stories will show up on their website and the very best will end up in an advertising campaign. In the first place there…
Sep 18, 2006
So here’s what I wanted to know: What prompts you to buy a wine you’ve never had before given only the information on the bottle? The answer? In general, you told me that the producer and the varietal hold equal sway over your purchasing decisions. When asked "In general, and all else being equal, what is the most important factor in your decision to buy a wine you’ve never tried previously," 33% said producer and 31% said varietal. The price…
Aug 29, 2006
You just never know what’s going to impress. Saturday we had a nice little dinner party here. No reason for it other than just to get together good friends. Of course, wine was involved. No one broke out any big guns that night. But, we did sample some very interesting wines that demonstrated something that is all too often the case: An evening’s wines that are the most memorable often have an interesting story to tell. Wine #1: Pinot Noir,…
Aug 10, 2006
It’s easy to sit in our cozy wine country enclave, watch the news of potential terror attacks emanating out of Great Britain and think, well, we are safe in our little world. However, today’s events could significantly impact the wine industry here in Northern California as well as across the nation. The Federal government has issued new guidelines for passengers that now make it impossible to carry liquid on to a airplane. There is no word on how long this…
Aug 9, 2006
I think casting an askance eye at Biodynamic farming in the wine industry might be a case of …."that’s been done". For all the talk of Biodynamicism of late, there has been a decent chorus of folk who question it’s value beyond the organic approach inherent in it. I got thinking about what biodynamic grape farming needs upon reading THIS STORY about a Australian grape farmer who says of their experience with biodynamic farming:"The approach we are taking is to…