Archive for the ‘Wine Business’ Category
James Conaway is wrong about Napa Valley: While at the California Preservation Foundation Conference in Napa Valley, Conaway said about Napa Valley (Quoting from the Napa Valley Register): "Conaway said the undoing of the Napa Valley may be the sprawl of boutique wineries by rich newcomers who would sacrifice our natural and architectural heritage in the name of “showing off.” First, would it be different if the sprawl of boutique wineries were being built by middle class, old-timers? Second, the…
Depending on your spiritual and moral disposition, there may not be anything too wrong with beating a dead horse. This post might reveal my spiritual and moral disposition. I wonder if the critical establishment surrounding wine is too unforgiving. I wonder if the predilection among the reviewing class is that it tends to oversubscribe to the notion that a wine can be too wrong, rather that right enough for those who will put up with its character. Oddly I was…
A variety of academic studies seem to have determined quite convincingly that the non-wine expert and even the non-wine interested don’t like the same kind of wines that the "experts" and those who have had wine training tend to like. The corollary to this is that the ratings of wine experts and wine critics seem may have little value for those who are not trained in wine. The most recent confirmation of this comes from a Working Paper published at…
It appears that shame has fallen upon me. In response to this press release, issued two days ago on behalf of Specialty Wine Retailers Association and in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of Repeal of Prohibition, I received the following scolding: "Your press release is an absolute travesty; I wonder how the members of your organization would feel if people outside your industry considered all of the retailers the same. I’m sure your stereotyping and fear-mongering seems more than justified…
Am I a Twit? God knows I’ve had this shingle hung around my neck by a few dismissive folks over the years. But I’ve never willingly adopted the moniker. Until Now. TOM’S NEW TWITTER FEED. Yes, I joined twitter. I’m not quite committed to the TwitterRevolution as I’m not sure how it will increase my productivity as a blogger or quality as a blogger or the readership of my blog. Nor am I sure how it will increase the quality…
