Archive for the ‘Wine News’ Category
With Robert Parker, Jr.'s announcement that he is turning over reviewing responsibilities for California wines to Antonio Galloni, there has been one major question on the minds of California wineries, wine retailers across the country and collectors: Will Galloni appreciate the same wines as Mr. Parker has appreciated? The reasons this question arises should be clear: 1. Mr. Parker's reviews of California wines have been very influential with collectors and retailers who have used the reviews to help aid them…
Wines & Vines Magazine has done a terrific job surveying the landscape of the relatively new "Flash Sale Wine Websites". These are deep discounters on the web that offer generally one wine for a limited amount of time at a significant discount. The Wines & Vines Articles, written by Paul Franson, identifies the largest of these sites along with some pretty interesting metrics surrounding average discount and traffic to the Flash Sale web sites. The big question surrounding Flash Sale…
It's so rare that opponents of regulated consumer access to wine are so willing to demonstrate their ignorance, bias, hypocrisy and self serving intentions. Yet, thanks to Paul Mabray's VinTank interview with Wine & Spirit Wholesalers Association President Craig Wolf we get more than a glimpse into these commonplace foibles. In the interest of clearing up fallacies, setting the record straight, correcting historical inaccuracies, and giving my readers a glimpse into the sometimes bizarre conclusions and positions of wine wholesalers…
I listened to Vintank's audio interview with Craig Wolf, president of the Wine & Spirit Wholesalers of America. You have to give Craig credit for sitting down and outlining the views of America's wine wholesalers on issues of consumer access to wine. And you have to give Kudos to Paul Mabray of Vintank for making it happen. I knew the interview was coming and I was hopeful we would see Craig deliver some appreciation for the concerns and interests of…
Wine writing, as a craft, is fairly well scrutinized by those looking for the best of the best. In fact a variety of awards are given out each year to wine writers and journalists who are judged to be the better of the world wide lot. Although it delivers but two awards focused on wine writing (Best Wine Book and Best Writing on Beer, Spirits and Wine) The James Beard Awards do come with a certain amount of prestige. Much…
