Archive for the ‘Wine Business’ Category
It’s hard not to sympathize with Michael Mondavi. Imagine having helped build one of the truly great wineries and brands in the world. That’s a pretty cool accomplishment to have on your resume. Now, imagine the brand also carries your last name. Even cooler. But imagine further being that person, making wine, but not being able to use your own name on your new brand. This is apparently the situation that Michael Mondavi, son of Robert, finds himself in. Michael,…
Virginie Boone over at WineAbout (the newest journalilst-written wine blog) has a really interesting post on an upcoming wine movie that features Russell Crow and set to debut in November. About the upcoming film, entitled "A Good Year", Boone writes: "The success of "Sideways" must have finally gotten the Hollywood types thinking… maybe the inherent romance of wine can fill seats on the big screen. The time to strike is certainly now." She’s right, isn’t she. It strikes me further…
"The collection consisted of more than 600 bottles from every vintage of the 18th century from the six Grand Cru castles of the French Bordeaux region. The collection has been registered by Guinness Book of Records for years as a unique wine collection." This is the description of a wine cellar in Sweden that was cleaned out completely by thieves two nights ago. "Every vintage of the 18th century" from the six grand cru Bordeaux Estates." Could this haul every…
A few days ago I had the privilege of giving a short talk in front a number of wine industry types hosted by Inertia Beverage Group. The topic was "Blogs, Wine Blogs and Communication". A Texted Up version of that talk is reproduced below. BLOGS, WINE BLOGS & COMMUNICATIONS The ways by which we communicate to friends, family, colleagues and the market are expanding on a near daily basis. One particular form of communication that you need to be aware…
Reading through a news article describing the two State and Federal court battles over direct shipping of wine to consumers in Arkansas, I cam across a statement that gave me pause: U. S. District Judge Wright has ruled that Arkansas’ distributors and retailers do not have legal standing to intervene in the federal case, because they could not show how their property rights would be affected if outof-state wineries were allowed to ship directly to Arkansas consumers. Distributors and retailers…
