Further Input From the Wineblog-o-Sphere
After reading this, Paulo Queiroz of Nosso Vino offers helpful career advice: Why don’t you stop writing and try volleyball? Consider how little he must think of my creative abilities if he thinks I’d...
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Facebook Shootout: The Perils of Instant Media
1 Wine Dude and I take different approaches to the same story. My friend Gary gets caught in the middle.
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When Wine Blogging is Like Professional Wrestling
Steve Heimoff uses his monchromatic (in the black trunks) blog to take shots at the Millennial Challenge wine tasting and all-you-can-eat tapas buffet that I would have taken if he hadn’t got there...
View ArticleOh Yeah, Jesus? Well This Back Atcha, Jesus!
Sometimes, it’s just too good. I recently wrote a thing for Vineyard & Winery Management about churches in the south working to limit the number and size of wineries. What goes around comes around,...
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Weird Times in Bordeaux
A group that is either A) environmentally friendly wine entrepreneurs or B) a cult has resettled L’île Verte, a 790 hectare island in Bordeaux’s Gironde estuary between Margeaux and Blaye. Once the...
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For Those of You Who Suspect the Wine Business May Lack Meaning
Australian wine manufacturer Yellow Tail, which previously sued wine industry mega-villain Fred Franzia for the unauthorized use of parentheses, continues its crusade to make the world a safer place...
View ArticleJudge Dismisses Counterfeit Wine Lawsuit, Seeks Movie-of-the-Week Deal
OK, I made the movie-of-the-week thing up. But consider this plotline: A billionaire wine collector buys a bottle of wine he knows to be counterfeit in order to prove that the auction house peddling...
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Fighting For Mommy Mindspace
Market research shows that women buy more wine than men and women buy cheaper wine than men. Hence, marketers battling over who can execute the cutest branding strategy: Rival wine sellers targeting...
View ArticleLow Blows Down Under
The two top Australian wine awards have banned New Zealand wines. The Royal Hobart International Wine Show has “temporarily suspended” its invitations to New Zealand winemakers and the Perth Royal Wine...
View ArticlePerhaps They Should Serve Wine in Congress
Well-intentioned, smart people contemplate the debt ceiling crisis, making a list of different policies and their up- and downsides. After a few glasses of wine, they find the negotiations go more...
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