Archive for the ‘Culture and Wine’ Category
The density of culinary delights that exist in the Napa Valley creates the kind of attraction that foodies have to this region that might be compared to the way matter gets sucked into a black hole. The culinarily inclined simply can't resist the pull of this valley. I mentioned one such example of culinary decadence in an earlier post. The doughnut holes produced at Solbar located on the grounds of the sumptuous Solage Spa and Resort located just south of…
The concept of "Strange Bedfellows" doesn't usually figure into my work in wine public relations. The basic concept is help your client effectively deliver their brand message to a specific audience, be they trade, media or ultimately consumers. There's really not issue about worrying about whom you get in bed with. Politics is different. This weekend I had the pleasure of attending a dinner in honor of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. No one would ever mistake the Competitive Enterprise Institute…
Every big thing starts small. Every success is an idea first. The future is built on the present I've mentioned it before and alluded to it later: If American wine consumers are going to be heard and if their interests are to be taken seriously, they must speak up. And they need to speak up with one voice. The idea is "The American Wine Consumer Coalition". • When state legislators consider laws concerning consumer access to wine, they don't consult…
House Resolution 5034 is a bill that would alter the relationship between the states and the federal government where alcohol laws are concerned. It would give states unprecedented power to regulate alcohol in ways that discriminate against out-of-state businesses. It is supported by alcohol distributors: middlemen. Producers of alcohol, importers of alcohol and retailers of alcohol oppose H.R 5034. Yesterday hearings on this bill were held in the House Judiciary Committee. Based on yesterday's hearings ion House Resolution 5034, a…
As a service to readers of FERMENTATION and as a diversion from more recent political intensities here, we reach to the Department of Funny for today's post. The View Winery in the Okanagan Valley joins a number of other wineries, including Judd's Hill and Roshambo, who produced short format videos that have made their way into the digital pages of FERMENTATION simply because they are funny and I have a weakness for "funny". However, none of these wineries made the…
