Hey, wanna talk about ethics in wine media? Chances are, if you’re in wine media, the answer is “Yes! Please!” If you’re not in wine media, I’m willing to bet the answer is “Huh? Who gives a sh*t?!??” I suspect that the population breakdown looks something like this: So, when I title this “Last Word…,”…
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Chicks Dig Expensive Wine! (Do Women Have a Price Bias?)
You really like my limousine You like the way the wheels roll. You like my seven inch leather heels and coming to all of the shows. But… Do you love me? – KISS, Do You Love Me (from Destroyer, 1976) The American Association of Wine Economists has released another working paper, which often is great…
Of Millennial Mistakes and Wine Blogging Blunders
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…
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…