The latest issue of Wine Enthusiast has some advice for wineries and wine wine marketers on how to handle the next generation of wine consumers – and it’s probably wrong. Well, it’s at least incomplete. In the May 2009 issue of Wine Enthusiast, which I received as a sample from the recent TasteCamp East in…
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Notorious (Robert Parker is Chasing Shadows)
“Lay your seedy judgments, who says they’re part of our lives? I heard your promise but I don’t believe it – That’s why I’ll do it again” – Notorious, Duran Duran Robert Parker can’t leave well enough alone these days, at least when it comes to bloggers. Which is a shame really, because ultimately, in…
What They Got Wrong (Seeing Red in Long Island Wine Country)
The best statement about what to do – and what not to do – to make and promote fine wine in Long Island comes from the LI wines themselves – and it’s a different story than the one that its winemakers are telling. Before we get into what’s wrong with the current state of Long…
Hungover in Boston’s South Station, Speaking with Greek Gods (or “Twitter Taste Live: The Aftermath”)
“When our weary world was young the Struggle of the Ancients first began; The Gods of Love and Reason sought alone to rule the Fate of Man” – Neil Peart, from Hemispheres I am in the throes of TTL Aftermath. Put another way, I’m extremely hungover from co-hosting the latest Twitter Taste Live event –…