Archive for the ‘Wine Business’ Category
It is a truism that in difficult economic times, like right now, when the entire economy appears to be on the descent, still, businesses need to work harder just to stay level. The problem with this truism is that it's a truism and every responsible businessperson knows it. That means if they want to stay ahead of the increasingly difficult game, they need to work DOUBLY hard. For America's wine retailers, this obviously means adjusting inventory to suit the changing…
This is a post that I think I've written for at least the 3rd year in a row. I write it annually because it's important and becoming even more important as wine blogs take on more relevance to the industry. Main Message: FERMENTATION: The Daily Wine Blog does not review wines. Key Message: Do what you do best and leave the rest to the experts. The number of emails I get asking if I'd like to receive a media sample…
For anyone who concerns themselves with the future of wine in America or the future of the American wine industry; for anyone who involves themselves in the sales and marketing of American wines; for anyone who produces wine in America with an eye toward illuminating not only their hand but their land, then a new bit of required reading has been produced by Appellation America. Roger Dial, the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Appellation America has produced a two-part essay on…
It's not unreasonable to ask if John Haeger is finally tired of Pinot Noir. In the course of just four years he has produced not just the most current volume on Pinot Noir in North America ("North American PinotNoir)", but has now updated that terrific survey of the continent's engagement with the the grape with the publication of "Pacific Pinot Noir". The new volume is indeed an update as well as an expansion upon "North American Pinot". The fact that…
If I got together some co-conspirators, huddled in a dark place with candles aglow and hatched a diabolical plan to destroy the French wine industry, one of the things at the top of my LIST OF DIABOLICAL THINGS TO DESTROY THE FRENCH WINE INDUSTRY would be to ban free tastings of wine. But since I don't know any dark places, have no candles and can't think of a single person who would want to conspire to destroy the French wine…
