Until a little over a week ago, I’d never had a one hundred and eleven year old wine before. And when heading out to dinner in downtown Chicago, I hadn’t expected to run into a wine that was celebrating it’s eleventy-first birthday; I mean, does anyone ever expect to run into anything celebrating 111 years…
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Wake Up, Wine People: Boomers Won’t Be Buying Your Wine Forever
Although the conclusion implied in the title of today’s post probably seems obvious to many (i.e., a company/brand has to eventually court younger customers because older customers will not be able to buy their products forever), it’s worth providing some background (and a pertinent example), because otherwise this post would be really, really short (and…
VA Is For… Wine Bloggers (WBC11 Bound)
This week marks the kick-off of the 4th annual North American Wine Bloggers Conference, held (for the first time in its history) on the Right Coast (Charlottesville, VA, to be exact). And I’m excited to be attending for the fourth time. I’m excited to see old friends. I’m excited by the fact that this year’s…
The Great Big G*ddamn South American Wrap Up!
Whew! When I agreed with South American PR firm Brandabout to join them on a wine-touring excursion to Chile and Argentina, I never expected to come back with enough material to fill a novella. But that’s more or less what happened – and that’s after shelving the idea for about five more articles from the…