Archive for the ‘Wine Business’ Category
The European Community wants to ban the sale of U.S. wines that carry on their label the terms "Clos", "Chateau", "Vintage", "Vintage Character", and "Classic", among others. If you ever wanted really good, solid evidence that the European culture was speeding toward insignificance, this trade position just might be it. There was a time when the Europeans were in the business of imperialism and colonizing. And they were damn good at it too. Sure, they tended to point their colonial…
No, not that kind of scum. This kind of scum:"FRENCH WINE TERRORISTS ATTACK MERCHANTS SELLING FOREIGN PRODUCE" The most telling part of this article on the children that call themselves CRAV is this: " While nobody will own up to being a CRAV member, it is not hard to find sympathizers." It used to be that disobedient civilians understood that the very nature of Civil Disobedience entailed paying the consequences fo your actions. Remember Martin Luther King, the civil rights…
One thing the wine industry can't be accused of is innovation. In fact, it's fair to say that the wine industry trails most others when it comes to adapting to change and new ways of thinking. And it has been this way as long as I can remember observing it—almost 20 years: the industry plods forward using past-due and antiquated processes, techniques, paradigms and tools to get their product to market while most other industries move forward into new territory…
It looks as though the French wine industry and common sense dodged a barrel, according to Decanter The French National Assembly passed a healthcare law that DID NOT include a ban on alcohol advertising on the Internet and DID NOT ban promotional wine tastings at Chateaux, wine festivals and promotional events. On the other hand, 16 and 17 year olds may no longer buy alcohol. France is in the midst of what we would call in the United States a…
I admire those grapegrowers and winemakers who employ organic and biodynamic methods of grapegrowing with the goal of making better wines and being better stewards of the land. I admire them the same way I admire the bagger at the check out line who makes the extra effort to double bag my groceries if my purchases are hefty enough to cause an accident on the way back to my car under single-bagged conditions. And I admire them the way I…
