Can social media be used as tool to drive sales for wine retailers, distributors, and importers? Yes, I’m seriously asking that question. Stop laughing, okay? Despite the fact that even well-attended and publicized retail events don’t seem to be moving umpteen cases of wine, the consensus answer seems to be “Yes – with caveats,” based…
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Weekly Twitter Wine Mini Reviews Round-Up For June 18, 2011
Uhm, like what is this stuff? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine sample tasting notes via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be fun, quickly-and-easily-digestible reviews. Below is a wrap-up of the twitter reviews from the past week…
On The Road, Off The Beaten Path (A South American Wine Wrap-Up At PalatePress.com)
I know I’m risking turning this blog into a South American wine coverage outlet recently (and there are at least two more posts yet to come from my recent jaunt there). BUT… Just in case you’re not yet sick of hearing about the wines and wine-related stories I encountered in Chile and Argentina (or…
Born Digital: Some Of Our Children Are Ugly (What Wine Writing Awards Mean)
The ugly child to which I refer in the title being me, of course. Hey, even in the on-line wine writing world, not all of those who are “born digital” can be handsome, I’m afraid. I recently (ok, somewhat recently – times are busy, people!) ”took the bronze” in the 2010 Born Digital Wine Awards,…