The current state of H.R. 5034, a bill introduced into Congress on behalf of wholesalers that would give the middlemen the power to initiate and see passed state laws that protect their state-mandated control of the market in beer, wine...
If, when you travel, you don't ask yourself, "Could I live here?", then I suspect you aren't traveling with your head, but rather just with your feat. And that's no way to travel. I was recently sitting at a window...
“Pinot Noir is the tuning fork of the soul.” "I seek a Pinot that transmits truth.” “Pinot is the only grape that can legitimately be described as ethereal.” It all strikes me as a bit much to heap on one...
Some products just don't lend themselves to being marketed by touting their primary function or benefit. Wine is a perfect example. Wine, like beer and spirits, is primarily differentiated from every other beverage not by its taste, not by its...
The International Pinot Noir Celebration strikes me as an act of homage not too subtle. I find this somewhat ironic given that one of the things most of us love about Pinot Noir is it's nuanced and often subtle arrangement...
Amazon reports today that over the past three months it sold more "Kindle" e-books than it has hardcover books. Undoubtedly this announcement will make its way into future accounts of the transformation of publishing and reading. And undoubtedly wine books...
In regions like Napa, Sonoma, Anderson Valley, Finger Lakes and other wine producing regions where visitors have great choice which tasting rooms they'll visit and which bars they'll belly up to, the best piece of marketing a winery tasting room...
With so much at stake for America's alcohol wholesalers and their protected monopoly status that props up unearned profits, it's no surprise they would swing for the fences with all their state-granted political power and attempt to pass H.R. 5034....
If you regularly read Timothy P. Carney, the reporter who covers the murky and twisted world that is the realm of lobbyists, then you recently witnessed the smug and dirty hypocrisy of alcohol wholesalers and their disingenuous calls for protection...
Recently New York Senator Charles Schumer demonstrated exactly how a representative of the people stands up for his constituents and for his state's industries. Senator Shumer publicly ask the Obama administration, through a letter to Julianna Smoot, White House Social...
Anyone involved in public and media relations understands that they are primarily involved in sales; this is particularly true where the media is concerned and where trying to interest members of the media in writing about one's client or company....
Tony Greenberg has a quick, nimble, searching and eclectic mind that he's beginning to train on the wine industry. More importantly, he's training that mind on the unique way the wine industry chooses to distinguish the hundreds of thousands of...
Independence Day has again come and gone. It's one of my favorite holidays because it SHOULD have real meaning for every American. It also gives me the opportunity to watch eyes roll when I tell the story of Jefferson and...
I've mentioned before on this blog that the idea of "Terroir" is somewhat troubling to me for a few different reasons. The first is that if the vast majority of wine drinkers can't taste or describe or identify the difference...
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