Archive for the ‘Culture and Wine’ Category
DON’T FORGET TO TAKE THE FERMENTATION READER SURVEY ============================================================ Working at and for Winebid.com in the late 1990s was exciting on a number of different levels. It was the DotCom boom so you felt like you were changing the way the wine world worked buy creating an online market for rare wine. And it worked. Thousands of people bought and sold rare and not-so-rare wines at Winebid. The other part of the excitement had not so much to do with…
I’m not sure what to make of THIS article at Decanter.com. How does a planning commission dispute over the placement of a road and building in the hills above Napa Valley make into the News section of the normally very excellent Decanter.com? –Is the world that thirsty for "wine news" that anything will do? –Have Marc Mondavi and David Abreu reached Hillary Duff and Paris Hilton levels of celebrity status that their every move must be watched and reported on?…
Some people have a great deal of time on their hands…as well as a sense of humor. I’m not sure I approve of the WinoBabe of the month concept. I’m particularly concerned about the April 2006 pick (photo re-posted to the left) for this honor. But what I really want to know is how I can get in the running for the June issue? Hat tip to the folk over at REthinkwine Blog.
The wine industry in America is in good shape. Sales are growing. More people are taking to wine. There are issues for the American wine industry, such as falling market share that is being accumulated by imports. But overall, things are moving in the right direction at the moment. Ever wonder….maybe I should invest in the wine industry. Maybe put a bit of my IRA in wine-related stocks? Probably the three largest and most visible public wine companies are Constellation…
As I was driving up Highway 280 from San Jose back to Glen Ellen after visiting my mother I heard something on the radio that was arresting. It was a radio commercial for a wine that mocked rap music in an attempt to present and market the wine. The commercial went something like this: To make it these days you need a rap star to endorse your product. No rap star would return our calls. So, we’ll do it ourselves….
