Feb 10, 2010
I used to like Steve Heimoff because he was willing to listen to or carefully read a pitch I'd throw his way about a client. Then I started to like him more because he seemed to have a similar appreciation for wine styles as me. These days I still like him for these reasons. But like him even more because he makes me think harder about my assumptions and understandings of my business and world, even when he's wrong. Take…
Feb 4, 2010
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…
Jan 13, 2010
Every now and then I get a little bit of link love across the world wide web. But two important items of link love in one day? Unheard of. THE DOPE ON POT VS WINEJane Wells, correspondent for CNBC, wrote a post on her blog "Funny Business" that took off from my own blog post about the marketing of dope and wine, were dope legal. It's a nice take and she was nice enough to liberally quote from me. SHOE…
Dec 18, 2009
Two months into nicotine sobriety I can report that among the side effects that come with a cigarette free existence is a palate with heightened sensitivity. However, I can't say how heightened my sensitivity is to a wine's attributes and characteristics. I can only say that it is heightened. Perhaps without a layer of smoke and tar covering the inside of my mouth I am 40% more sensitive to taste, smell and texture. Perhaps it is only 20%. The big…
Dec 18, 2009
The term "Drinking Buddies" probably doesn't have one standard meaning that everyone will accept. For example, in my case I hear "drinking buddies" and I think about those guys with whom I want to share a drink or two without launching into a coma-inducing binge. On the other hand, "Drinking Buddies" have been known to drink until they induce a coma in themselves. I've heard tell of wives that really hate their husbands "Drinking Buddies" because they take their man…