Oct 15, 2008
I’ve been thinking about THIS POST from Steve Bachmann’s "Wine Collector" blog since it hit. Maybe anyone else with a retirement portfolio or investments should also. Like most folks in their 40s, I’ve got IRAs, savings, investments, etc. The idea is to save up enough for when you retire so that you don’t have to fight for a place on Van Ness Avenue where you can stand all day holding a sign that says, "Former PR Exec Down and Out…Any…
Oct 10, 2008
I’ve thought about it many times but have never come up with a satisfactory answer to why it is I gravitate toward things historical. My masters is in Diplomatic History. Most of my vacations have taken me to historic places and cities. My library is full of histories. And my movie collection tends toward historical dramas. My first Wine PR client was Foppiano Vineyards: Founded 1896. Rued Winery is Wark Communications’ most recent client. The first member of the Rued…
Oct 9, 2008
For those of you who have ever considered moving to Wine Country, I dare say now is as good as time as any to give it a shot. Recently I’ve been exploring the housing market, particularly in the Sonoma Valley. What’s clear is that the Under $1 Million housing market in this neck of the woods has taken a hit. There exists on the market now homes that represent pretty good values—relative to what they would have cost just 2…
Oct 6, 2008
Do you ever wonder how people find you on the Internet? Wineries, wine retailers and restaurants certainly do, as well as every other business that hopes to connect with prospective customers over the Internet. Bloggers should be wondering this too. One of the best ways to discover how you are being discovered (or how your website or blog is being discovered) is to look at your stats and see what keywords used in search engines bring eyeball to you. I…
Oct 3, 2008
This has to be one of the more interesting wine-related political donnybrooks I’ve seen in a while. It’s rare to see a chain of liquor stores come out and say, "we won’t buy that category of wine because we don’t like their politics", but that’s exactly what Liquor Barn of Kentucky said the other day as reported in the Currier-Journal. Liquor Barn was PISSED that Kentucky wineries supported a bill to allow wine sales in grocery stores (I know….how audacious…