Archive for the ‘Wine Business’ Category
This Story in the Mercury News concerning Livermore Valley confirms what I’ve been hearing from growers across Sonoma County. Namely, that while quality of the 2008 harvest looks very good across many varieties, the quantity is down. In some cases, it’s way down. One winery who buys from a number of vineyards across the county told me that it didn’t matter what vineyard he bought from, he was getting less grapes. In some vineyards where he normally has gotten 3.5…
Can you imagine any political body in America deciding that it will get in the business of determining which are the best wines of a region? The chorus of laughter would be so great it might threaten to down out the sound made by the collective grown of indignation. That’s why I’ve been trying to follow This Story about the battle over the reclassification of the St. Emilion estates. I realize there is a long tradition in France of government…
I suppose there is probably no possibility that the term "Port" will be removed from the list of placenames that the U.S. and he European Union have agreed will not be used on products originating from the States. What a shame too, because this term, Port, really shouldn’t not be on such a list alongside the likes of "Burgundy", "Champagne", or Bordeaux. I was reminded of this mistake made by America’s trade negotiators when I came across this article in…
I was sent the video below and laughed upon viewing it. I laughed hard. It could never find airing on any network or channel in this country. Still…very funny. (Kids, avert your eyes) But here’s the thing. This video file is labeled "Best Beer Commercial". It got me thinking, what about the "best wine commercial". I went to Google and typed in "Best Beer Commercial". To quote Google: "About 50,500" pages with these words are indexed with the search engine….
FRIDAY’s HEADLINES 1. European Wine Bloggers Conference Underway.Another good sign for the vibrancy of the wine blogosphere. In Spain they are investigating what it means to be a wine blogger, how to be a wine blogger, where the medium is going and where it will end up. You can follow the conference via video and a comments section. This kind of conference is a first. The second conference of its type will happen on October 24-26 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma…
