This week I attended the Family Winemakers of California trade tasting in San Francisco. There were hundreds of family-owned wineries pouring their wines. They ranged in production from very small to quite large. The concept behind the organization that puts on this tasting each year is to offer a support organization for the hundreds of [...]
As mentioned in my last post, I spent last weekend in Dallas, Texas at the Drink Local Wine Conference and TEXSOM. While the general goal of the DLW Conference was to discuss the topic of local wine, the overall focus was on Texas wine specifically. Afterall, that was where we were. I have to say [...]
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This past weekend, I attended the Drink Local Wine Conference in Dallas, Texas. Some 75 people met at Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts Dallas to meet and discuss the merits of drinking local wine generally, and Texas wine particularly. Drink Local Wine started as an idea that a handful of wine writers, including [...]
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It’s official. I’ve been appointed to the Board of Advisors of Cruvee along with John Corcoran. The announcement went out last Thursday, August 13th. I’m looking forward to working with John and the folks at Cruvee to help them create a unique and full-service social media intelligence solution for the wine business. Here is a [...]
There has been a lot of excitement lately among wineries and service providers concerning social media. Many are jumping in with both feet, some are dipping a toe in, and others have no clue what the hell to do. But no matter which camp they find themselves, social media is all the rage right now [...]
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