Archive for the ‘Wine Business’ Category
What will the grapevine of the future look like? This is where a conversation on future technologies recently wound up. Myself and a couple other folks were talking about what the future might hold. As it always does, wine found its way into the discussion. We got there by considering the implications of genetic manipulations.It appears that geneticists are able to more precisely manipulate the genetic structure of plants today to the point where it is becoming much easier to…
It has been done before, but I don't think it has been done quite as well nor made quite as accessible. Vinfolio's new Fine Wine Index breaks down and measures wine as an investment vehicle. The on-line fine wine retailer and collector's services resource is able to do this by virtue of their ownership of The Wine Price Files (a tally of wine auction and retail prices of thousands of wines going back years) and their current monitoring of the…
I'm a curious guy. That's why I decided to do a quick google search today on "Wine and Swine Flu". Who knows, maybe something interesting will pop up. But right when I finished giving Google instructions on what to find for me the search sentence hit me in the face: "Wine and Swine Flu". Holy Cow. What if it there were no "S". What if it was the "Wine Flu"? Pork Futures have dropped and there are reports of consumers…
If anyone wants to know why I've always loved the Internet, all you have to do is look at these three quotes, all published in various places on the Internet yesterday. This medium is always source of great humor and fascination for me. “'The updated information paints a portrait of an effective system that operates in every corner of the country and contributes mightily to the American economy,'said WSWA President and CEO Craig Wolf."The head of the Wine & Spirit…
I've got to believe that THIS is a step in the right direction and appropriate: A winery owning governor of California. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced his candidacy for California Governor the other day, putting him in a position, I believe, to be the first Winery-owning governor in California's history. Newsom is part owner of Napa Valley's Plumpjack Winery. He is also part owner of the recently opened Cade Winery on Napa Valley's Howell Mountain. It turns out that…
