Archive for the ‘Wine Business’ Category
On December 5, 1933 the 21st Amendment to the U.S Constitution was fully ratified. Commonsense, along with the effects of the Great Depression, finally put an end to constitutionally endorsed prohibition on the sale of alcohol in the United States and the most radical reaction to a social problem ever attempted in this country. However, the greatest legacy of Repeal is not the re-balancing of commonsense that came with the reintroduction of capitalism to to the alcohol sector of the…
We are highlighting those wine companies that give part of the purchase price back to the community, who you know that by buying their wine you are also helping those that need help. If you know of or are such a wine company, comment in this post and I'll write about you this holiday season.________________________________________________________ Mike and Jay founded Dry Creek Valley's VERGE WINE CELLARS with the intent of proving and otherwise promoting the notion that "Syrah is hereby declared…
In early January of this year I predicted that "chances are we will see 10% unemployment in America by the end of 2010." I was right…only it came a little early. Statistics, however precise, don't really tell the story of the Great Recession. What tells the story are all the people you know that lost their jobs, lost clients, lost their homes and otherwise were effected by the economic downturn. Most of the people I know in the wine industry…
Time is the enemy. Time always moves faster than we think it will and in the end it more than anything else is responsible for dashing hopes, destroying lives, ending strong bids and shutting the door on alternatives. But what makes Time that really sneaky devil dressed in a cool white dress is that for a while it is the primary source of wonderful developments. I don't have to describe how this might be where wine is concerned do I?…
As some of my readers may know, I founded the American Wine Blog Awards. For three years I administered the awards program that attempted to identify the best blogs in a variety of categories and honor them for their contributions and efforts. After the third year, I gifted the Awards to the OpenWine Consortium. Well, I'm starting a new awards program: THE MOST ANNOYING INTERNET WINE PROMOTION AWARDS. Or…the MAIWPA. There can be no question as to what Internet Wine…
