Archive for the ‘Wine Business’ Category
What is one to think of a winery that completely abandons the idea of "Winemaker as Artist"? That is the question that finally formed in my mind after reading David Darlington’s article in the New York Times Magazine last Sunday that focused on Enologix. For those of you who are unaware of the service that the Sonoma-based company Enologix provides, let me quote from Darlington’s article: "Enologix takes grape samples from clients and extracts the juice to measure some of…
One of my first full-time clients when I got into the wine PR business about 15 years ago was Lou Foppiano…He was an "old timer" then. Bob Sylva has written a wonderful little story in the Sacramento bee about that group of "old-timers" who are still alive and kicking today and still engaged in the wine industry. They are that remaining cadre of gentlemen who kick-started the California wine industry after Prohibition ravaged the industry and left it nearly dead….
With so many sources on the Internet of great wine information it’s too easy to forget some of them. I was reminded of one such source with the daily e-mail i get from WineryExchange. The daily WineryExchange e-mail pointed me to the website of Bergman-Euro National, a wine country and vineyard real-estate specialist that occasionally posts commentary on the state of the vineyard real-estate market. In their current posting they highlight what many of us here in wine country have…
LA Times reporter Robin Abcarian asks the right question: "What Does it Mean"? The question refers to a surprising finding in a new Gallup poll that shows that more Americans choose to drink wine than beer. This is the first time wine has outpaced beer in the poll Gallup has been taking since 1992. The poll found 39% choosing wine vs. 36% choosing beer. This is a near 50% increase in the number of respondents who cited wine as their…
You’ve got to give it to those French vintners fighting against overproduction, archaic government regulations and an international wine industry that is making it more and more difficult for them to sell their wines. The one thing they know how to do is bring attention to the winemakers’ plight. First they decided to bomb buildings and tear up train tracks in a bid to get the attention of government officials. It worked. It really is hard to ignore vandals in…
