Archive for the ‘Wine Business’ Category
A new website has opened its doors that reminds me just how extraordinarily empowering the Internet is. Prior to the Internet’s development it would have been impossible for a brick and mortar version of Israeli Wine Direct to survive anywhere in the United States. The focus and selection of wines at this new on-line retailer is so specific and exclusive it quite literally would have been passed by and perhaps glanced at no matter where in America it opened its…
So it happened again. I won another poker tournament. This time I was not up against a final player who appeared more interested in his vodka than the game. Rather, I was up against a player who had recently made it to the final two tables of the World Series of Poker. This was the second hold’em tournament I’ve won in the last six I’ve entered, including a 7th place finish also. Upon winning a good friend suggested I needed…
The success of the wine industry is dependent on the state of disposable income. In other words, wine is not a staple in American life, but rather a luxury. Granted, their are a variety of ways one can luxuriate with wine be it through a bottle of "Two Buck Chuck", a nifty 15 Australian Chardonnay or with a $60 Napa Cabernet. But no matter what, it would be a mistake to disregard the fact that wine purchases are not like…
I’ve been thinking about what it means to be Gay. It’s not that the wives of my male friends have to start worrying about my charms. No, instead I’ve been thinking about the notion of marketing wine to the gay niche. It came about when the folks at the "Food & Wine For the Gay Palate" blog asked if they could post an old entry of mine about the subject of a gay-facing wine website. At this blog there is…
I just now became aware of a TERRIFIC new wine blog from a long time wine industry insider that has all the markings of being a great regular read. Many of you will know Kim Stare Wallace. Kim is VP of one of Sonoma County’s most loved and most venerable wineries: Dry Creek Vineyards. In her newish blog, Wilma’s Wine World, she legitimately and properly refers to herself as an "insider". As Kim writes in her "About" section: "I literally…
