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*******************************************************************************************Don’t forget to take the Fermentation Survey!CLICK HERE to take the survey…All I ask is three minutes of your day.******************************************************************************************* For those of you who stay attuned to the more morbid moments in American History you’ll have already noted that today is the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. I had the opportunity in college to spend an entire semester in a class devoted to this specific topic. It was, for the most part, the opportunity…
*******************************************************************************************Don’t forget to take the Fermentation Survey!CLICK HERE to take the survey…All I ask is three minutes of your day.******************************************************************************************* If you are in the wine business you get asked all the time, "What’s the greatest wine you’ve ever tasted?" or "What’s the greatest wine in the world?" I get asked this question fairly frequently, and I don’t even review wines for a living. I never have an answer for this question. However, were I asked "What’s the greatest Rock…
Advertising onFermentation: The Daily Wine blog Since folks have been asking of late…I should spell it out: ABOUT FERMENTATION-Written and maintained by Tom Wark, Fermentation is a blog that concerns itself with the business, philosophy, cultural implications, public relations, politics and enjoyment of wine. It is updated at least five days per week and is filled with the opinions of Tom Wark. FERMENTATION’S READERSHIPFermentation attracts a wine savvy audience that finds a large percentage of its readership working in the…
Listen for the voice of Fermentation to appear today on Wine Biz 2.4 on the Mighty KSVY 91.3 at 1pm PST. This is my once a month stint on the local radio station. Wine Biz 2.0 is is the creation of Richard (Kaz) Kasmier and Erik Aho, two local boys. It’s a fun, loose show in which we gab about current wine events and just generally have fun. You can LISTEN HERE!
I’ve actually lived in a number of locations where you could actually smell the industry that drives the economy. When the right combination of wind patterns and industrial output comes together you know what kind of industry is driving the local economy. I lived in Arcata, California for a few years when I was getting a bachelor’s degree in History at Humboldt State University. Arcata is located in Northern California just north of Eureka. When everything came together just right,…
