Archive for the ‘Wine News’ Category

Jan 21, 2005

Wine Gossip

Windsor Vineyards located in Sonoma County, California but owned by Fosters of Australia and a producer of primarily private label wines, made its mark (hopefully) with the nation’s most elite powerbrokers at yesterday’s Inaugural Lunch. Described by the New York Times as "the most exclusive of all the inaugural events", the lunch hosts presidents, bald political strategists from Texas, Supreme Court Justices (did they like the wine enough to….), and congresspeople. But back to the wine gossip…   The power…

Jan 20, 2005

Can Greeks Turn Us Into a Nation of Wine drinkers?

We don’t live in a "wine drinking nation". Based on a poll they conducted in December 2004, Harris Interactive concludes: "Most Americans who buy wine do not do it very often and do not spend very much per bottle." I guess this isn’t really news, but it does serve to remind us that the vast bulk of wines consumed in America are not the wines that get enthusiasts all excited. To quote again from the analysis of the poll: "Fully…

Jan 19, 2005

Gallo: Scary Smart is What They Are

Corie Brown of the Los Angeles Times has written what must be the most intriguing and thought provoking article on wine marketing to appear in a daily newspaper in years. I’ve read it three times today. The article concerns the Gallo strategy of creating new brands in France and Italy, how they produce wines for an "Americanized" palate, and the research that gets them to the what are essentially, pretty, bland, wines for wine chuggers. The dismissiveness that top Gallo…

Jan 19, 2005

Am I Just Paranoid?

Ok…So I have a suspicious mind. Sometimes I see links that aren’t there. Sometimes I extrapolate when I needn’t. So, as you read this post keep that in mind. Also, ask yourself, does this post have anything to do with "Fermentations" mission of writing about wine, wine marketing, wine PR and the wine industry. In an opinion piece in today’s San Francisco Chronicle, Michele Simon, a public health attorney and director of the "Center for Informed Food Choices", writes a…

Jan 18, 2005

Wines In the White House

Korbel Champagne Cellars has, once again, been chosen by the White House to provide the an Inaugural Cuvee for tomorrow’s big swearing in event and the parties that follow. It’s not the first time Korbel nailed this honor. In fact, it’s the sixth consecutive inauguration that Korbel has delivered the suds. The history of wine in the white house is actually pretty fascinating. It doesn’t begin and end with Thomas Jefferson’s famous taste for wine.   -Kennedy favored Bordeaux at…