Archive for the ‘Wine Legal Battles’ Category
Any wine pundit worth his syrah must at some point make the effort to evaluate the quadrennial crop of presidential candidates for their potential to promote American wine. Who would be most likely to push American-made wine front and center not only with visiting dignitaries, but in front of the American people? I’ll grant you, most presidential candidates don’t exactly make haste to be identified with the elitist, effeminate, non-beer drink that is wine. And it’s likely that the 2012…
What can be expected in the wine world in 2012? What trends will move the industry in 2012? These are questions I think about more often this time of year if only because I find myself more reflective as the year ends and another arrives. These are the trends I see being most prominent in the wine industry in 2012. CONTINUED REFORM OF WINE REGULATIONSAfter elections in Washington State that got the government out of the business of selling spirits…
As a publicist working in Northern California in the wine trade, there are certain things I come to vow never to do. While many have to do with my trade, others have to do with the result of working in Northern California and working in the Wine Trade. Those things I vow never to do, in no particular order: 1. COMPLAIN ABOUT DRINKING OR TASTING WINEI was reminded of why I never do this when today I saw a tweet…
It has been nearly 3 or 4 years since the leaders of the American wine, beer and spirit wholesalers began making the claim that severe public health consequences would result from altering the strict three-tier system of alcohol distribution. This claim, a new one in the effort to stop reform of the alcohol distribution system, came at the expense of an earlier campaign that led with the claim that direct-to-consumer shipments of wine would lead to huge increases in minors…
Sitting back and watching the mirth, outrage, smugness and concern issued by other watchers of the most current turn of events at Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, I'm reminded just how important, powerful and relevant the critics are to the Wine Trade. I'm further struck by how these events and the reaction to them shine a light on the very complex relationship that has developed between Mr. Parker and others in the world of wine. By most accounts and from what…
