Has the case for excellent Walla Walla Syrah been definitively demonstrated? Q.E.D.? I’m not going to go quite that far. But I will say that they might be pretty damn close, especially in those cases where the balance beats out the brawn in their Syrah bottlings. Two wine producers that I encountered recently in Walla…
Category: on the road
On The Road: Santorini And The (Marketing) Trials Of The Greeks
By the time you’re reading this, I’ll be on the Greek island of Santorini (press junket via Wines of Santorini and the Brand Action Team) to get a first-hand view of Greek wines, Greek wine history and winemaking, and seeing if I can vigorously outrun anyone offering me a glass of Retsina. The Greeks have,…
Cahors Malbec Days Festival: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The International Malbec Days Festival (May 20th-23rd, 2010 in Cahors, France) is now behind us. Let’s take the Good, Bad and (in some cases, the very) Ugly of the festival, in reverse order: The Ugly: Event Coordination and “Wines that Smell of Donkey Poop” Organizing and executing a wine industry event the size of the…
1WineDude TV Episode 11: Cahors (Malbec Days Festival 2010)
A very brief intro. into the 2010 International Malbec Days Festival. As for the event – great intro. to Cahors and its wines; confusing marketing strategy / message; terrible, terrible, terrible organization of events and logistics overall. More to come (on all three fronts)! Cheers!