Archive for the ‘Culture and Wine’ Category
Yesterday, Brandt Snedeker, by winning the Tour Championship golf tournament in Atlanta, also came out on top of the season-ending FedEx Cup Playoffs. His reward? $10 Million. And it got me thinking. If you want to bring new vitality to the world of wine competitions, take the simple step of replacing shiny medals with shiny coin…Lots of it!! Here’s what I’m thinking: “The American Wine Competition”. The producers of the best red, best white and best dessert wines are awarded…
Sometimes you have to highlight certain tidbits in the news for no other reason than a good laugh is a good prescription to a long day: “Bars and restaurants cannot advertise that drink specials are, in fact, drink specials. They can offer “Margarita Tuesdays” and “Two Dollar Drafts…they cannot explicitly say that it is a “drink special.” “Happy Hours” are also not allowed under Utah law” This is the conclusion drawn by Allen Whittle, the president of the Utah Hospitality…
Come November, Colorado, Oregon and Washington residents will vote on whether to fully legalize and fully regulate (like alcohol) marijuana. What’s really interesting is that the backers of these initiatives take alcohol regulation as their model. In fact, in Colorado, the initiative (Prop 64) to legalize Marijuana is called “Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol“. Meanwhile, serious people in California are looking to get the “Regulate Marijuana like Wine” initiative on the ballot there. One wonders where the alcohol industry stands on…
Recently released amazing survey findings concerning American’s understanding of alcohol were announced today by the beer wholesaler-controlled Center For Alcohol Policy. In a survey of over 1000 adults it is learned that 79% of American adults can distinguish between toilet paper and tin foil on the one hand and alcohol on the other hand. No word from the Center for Alcohol Policy on what the other 21% of American adults are consuming when they want a drink, nor how many…
“Would you buy a product that has not worked? Would you import a wine that has a fault? Would you adopt a strategy that had lead to defeat? This is exactly what is starting to happen with most of the marketing efforts and the approach to promoting wine in countries such as China, Hong Kong, Brazil, Russia and even in the United States.” Thus begins a rather intriguing and thought provoking broadside by marketer Pancho Campo. Best known recently as…
