Archive for the ‘Wine Business’ Category
A company issuing new information into the vast expanse that is today’s “information flow” can seem like a near futile project, particularly if the goal is to clarify or convince. This leaves the idea of a”press release” seemingly wanting for today’s businesses, including wine related businesses. But I want today to make the case for the Press Release, an animal that is too often incorrectly derided as “propaganda” or worse: fluff. First, let’s take a whack at defining the “press…
Seventeen states ban the sale of wine in grocery stores. Seventeen. The question this brings to mind is this: Is this policy of prohibiting consumers from purchasing a Pinot when they purchase their pork loin justifiable? I’ve been pondering this as at least four states gear up to look at their wine-in-grocery store policy in 2013: Kansas, Kentucky, New York, and Tennessee. What’s fascinating is that this debate never happens over the issue of “is the current policy justifiable”. Do…
Without hope, there is no sense in going on. Hope sustains us. Hope motivates us. With hope there is no action. Hope is the seed that grows into a wish. MY WISHES FOR WINE IN 2013 1. The Natural Wine Movement Reforms Itself I wish 2013 is the year that those who self-identify with and promote the “Natural Wine” movement finally give credit where credit is due and recognize all the artisan producers everywhere who have for years (decades, really),…
What issues will the wine trade and the more active wine consumers be talking about, be concerned with and be reading about in 2013? Predicting what is to come is not really that difficult if you read the tea leaves without splashing them around too much and stick with a concentration on the past. What follows, in no particular order, are my top ten issues that will rise to the top in 2013 by virtue of what has come before…
Here’s something relatively rare in the wine business: An established Napa Valley winery that has never affixed the term “Reserve” to a wine. You can swing a dead cat in this Valley and knock over five or six “Reserve” wines before the feline makes a full revolution. But, say what you will about the term “Reserve” on wines (The term isn’t regulated”. “There are too many synonyms for the term”. “It’s just a marketing gimmick”), the fact is it can…
