Archive for the ‘Culture and Wine’ Category
Sometime in the 1970s, people changed from ordering "white wine" to ordering "Chardonnay. Between 1990 and 2007, shipments of California Chardonnay rose from 9 million to 50 million cases. Today, Chardonnay production and consumption is far and away greater than the total production of all other white wine in California. So, what I'm wondering is this: What would have happened between the 1970s and today if Gewurztraminer was instead named "Gerdonnay" (pronounced with a soft "G"—it sounds nicer) If this…
It seems (and I doubt I'm alone in this) that so many important things in my life occur while sitting at the dinner table. And it seems too, that these things of import that are done, planned or said at the dinner table are accompanied by a bottle of wine. And the symbolism of this strikes me as being somehow fundamental to our civilization. This is no revelation. You could spend a lifetime imagining the meaning of the dinner or…
It seems absolutely clear that Naomi Brilliant is happier now that her wine brand, Roshambo, is dead. It seems too that Naomi's time confronting the wine business left her bitter. At least that's what I get from reading the Santa Rosa Press Democrat Article, "Roshambo Founder Shifts From Wine to Farming". The most fun, I mean real fun, I had working with a winery PR client was when I did a bit of work for Naomi Brilliant at Roshambo. I…
This was lots of fun. It’s always nice to obtain your 30 seconds of fame. However, the discussion of the similarities between wine and marijuana discussed in this CNBC segment to which I was asked to contribute (see 40 seconds in..) raises a lot of questions. The most interesting issue raised is that of “Dope Critics”. Were it legal to buy and sell Marijuana in California, would a crop of “marijuana critics” rise up and flood us with their opinions?…
WINE & SPIRIT WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION SECURES SARAH PALIN AS KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT 2010 CONVENTIONS I'm don't think I have any words to add to this comic turn of events….Wait a minute…we all know that's not true. Of course I have some words to add. First, the above headline, written by the PR department of the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers Association is unusually disrespectful. I'm sure she is supposed to be referred to as GOVERNOR Palin, whether she hightailed it out…
