Jan 10, 2007
Sometimes, when you are lucky, you get the chance to suit up and work alongside the righteous. You know who I’m talking about: those folks you’ve admired because they are fighting the good fight and pushing forward a cause that is entirely bonafide, righteous and without fault. When you get this chance…you should do it. I did.
Dec 19, 2006
Ours is a culture in which information almost always serves commerce. This is particularly true of wine information. Nearly all of the wine information we consume leads us in one way or another to disposing of our income or our capital. The critical question, then, is how good is the information we consume and use? Lenn Thompson of Lenndevours and Appellation America as well as other information venues seems to me to have combined good information with commerce with the…
Dec 4, 2006
The astounding degree to which Virginia wineries have been screwed seems to be a reoccurring story in Virginia’s papers. Perhaps the Virginia wine industry is working hard to get their story into the media. Perhaps the insanity of the new law that forced them to sell their wines only to distributors rather than directly to retailers and restaurants as they previously is soaking in among a media that likes to look after their own. Either way, it is becoming clear…
Nov 30, 2006
Worst case scenario is you get up in the morning and shuffle off to a job you despise. I’ve done that. Believe me, it’s the worst possible career/work scenario. Best case scenario is you get up in the morning and you know that through your job today you get to be a part of something groundbreaking, something you are excited about and something that’s going to drive real change. That was today. Today I got up knowing I would be…
Nov 22, 2006
*******************************************************************************************Don’t forget to take the Fermentation Survey!CLICK HERE to take the survey…All I ask is three minutes of your day.******************************************************************************************* If the new poll of Wine Industry CEO carried out by Scion Advisers is any indication, we can say with some confidence that 2007 will be the year that the wine industry discovers the utility of e-commerce. Of the over 116 Wine Industry CEO’s queried, 44% said the top issue they are talking about is the benefit of investing more…