“Doesn’t mean you should Just because you can It doesn’t mean you should Just because you can Like Abraham and Ishmael Fighting over sand It doesn’t mean you should Just because you can.” – “Facts of Life” by King Crimson Seriously, people. Stop it. Please. It’s getting embarrassing now. I get that newer wine areas…
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1WineDude TV Episode 32: Things The Wine Industry Needs To Hear (The Gary Vaynerchuk Interview And Keynote Highlights From #NomWineConf 2011)
In today’s episode, you get highlights from wine personality and social media / business guru Gary Vaynerchuk‘s keynote speech at the synthetic cork producer Nomacorc-sponsored “Marketing to the Next Generation of Wine Consumers” conference that took place in Napa last week (at the beautiful Culinary Institute of America in St. Helena). They are things the…
Risk Is The Business: Earthquakes, Amphorae and the Quest For Terroir at De Martino
“It’s not really very safe.” Hearing those words, from winemaker Marcelo Retamal in a barrel area that is little more than a small warehouse on the Isla De Maipo estate of De Martino, surrounded by support beams that have been twisted and broken like so many toothpicks, and overshadowed by a ceiling that looks as…
1WineDude TV Episode 29: Certifiable (or “How–and Which–Wine Certifications Really Matter”)
Do wine certifications really matter? And which ones give you the most bang for the buck? Watch to find out (well, to find out my views on it, anyway). The moral of the story: experience trumps all, but certs. are a great way to enhance experience, gain knowledge, and help build that all-important network. Mentioned…