Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog
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2 hours 7 min agoJuly 30, 2010
21:32
Wine Blogs and The Law
Of late, this blog has concentrated a bit more than usual on the the politics and regulations concerning the alcohol beverage industry. The introduction of H.R. 5034 has prompted the relative increase in political posts. However, Fermentation is hardly the...
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
21:32
Wine Blogs and The Law
Of late, this blog has concentrated a bit more than usual on the the politics and regulations concerning the alcohol beverage industry. The introduction of H.R. 5034 has prompted the relative increase in political posts. However, Fermentation is hardly the...
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
July 28, 2010
20:35
Free Market Advocates Stand Up for Free Trade in Wine
The current state of H.R. 5034, a bill introduced into Congress on behalf of wholesalers that would give the middlemen the power to initiate and see passed state laws that protect their state-mandated control of the market in beer, wine...
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
20:35
Free Market Advocates Stand Up for Free Trade in Wine
The current state of H.R. 5034, a bill introduced into Congress on behalf of wholesalers that would give the middlemen the power to initiate and see passed state laws that protect their state-mandated control of the market in beer, wine...
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
July 26, 2010
16:04
Could I Live Here?
If, when you travel, you don't ask yourself, "Could I live here?", then I suspect you aren't traveling with your head, but rather just with your feat. And that's no way to travel. I was recently sitting at a window...
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
16:04
Could I Live Here?
If, when you travel, you don't ask yourself, "Could I live here?", then I suspect you aren't traveling with your head, but rather just with your feat. And that's no way to travel. I was recently sitting at a window...
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
July 25, 2010
00:03
The Epiphany of Pinot Noir?
“Pinot Noir is the tuning fork of the soul.” "I seek a Pinot that transmits truth.” “Pinot is the only grape that can legitimately be described as ethereal.” It all strikes me as a bit much to heap on one...
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
July 22, 2010
03:12
Wine and the Clean Butt Theory of Advertising
Some products just don't lend themselves to being marketed by touting their primary function or benefit. Wine is a perfect example. Wine, like beer and spirits, is primarily differentiated from every other beverage not by its taste, not by its...
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
July 21, 2010
20:21
Pinotgasms and The International Pinot Noir Celebration
The International Pinot Noir Celebration strikes me as an act of homage not too subtle. I find this somewhat ironic given that one of the things most of us love about Pinot Noir is it's nuanced and often subtle arrangement...
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
July 20, 2010
20:23
I Want To Throw Out My Wine Magazines
Amazon reports today that over the past three months it sold more "Kindle" e-books than it has hardcover books. Undoubtedly this announcement will make its way into future accounts of the transformation of publishing and reading. And undoubtedly wine books...
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
July 19, 2010
18:45
Wine Tasting Room Success: The Right Referral
In regions like Napa, Sonoma, Anderson Valley, Finger Lakes and other wine producing regions where visitors have great choice which tasting rooms they'll visit and which bars they'll belly up to, the best piece of marketing a winery tasting room...
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
July 14, 2010
21:30
H.R. 5034: The Lies, The Facts, The Fictions
With so much at stake for America's alcohol wholesalers and their protected monopoly status that props up unearned profits, it's no surprise they would swing for the fences with all their state-granted political power and attempt to pass H.R. 5034....
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
18:47
The Slicing And Dicing of Alcohol Wholesalers
If you regularly read Timothy P. Carney, the reporter who covers the murky and twisted world that is the realm of lobbyists, then you recently witnessed the smug and dirty hypocrisy of alcohol wholesalers and their disingenuous calls for protection...
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
July 12, 2010
21:40
Will More Politicians Politick for Their State's Wines?
Recently New York Senator Charles Schumer demonstrated exactly how a representative of the people stands up for his constituents and for his state's industries. Senator Shumer publicly ask the Obama administration, through a letter to Julianna Smoot, White House Social...
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
21:40
Will More Politicians Politick for Their State's Wines?
Recently New York Senator Charles Schumer demonstrated exactly how a representative of the people stands up for his constituents and for his state's industries. Senator Shumer publicly ask the Obama administration, through a letter to Julianna Smoot, White House Social...
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
July 8, 2010
20:57
Key Points In Selling Ideas To The Wine Media
Anyone involved in public and media relations understands that they are primarily involved in sales; this is particularly true where the media is concerned and where trying to interest members of the media in writing about one's client or company....
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
July 7, 2010
02:29
Wine Critics' Reliability and the Need They Fulfill
Tony Greenberg has a quick, nimble, searching and eclectic mind that he's beginning to train on the wine industry. More importantly, he's training that mind on the unique way the wine industry chooses to distinguish the hundreds of thousands of...
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
July 6, 2010
20:03
The United States of Wine
Independence Day has again come and gone. It's one of my favorite holidays because it SHOULD have real meaning for every American. It also gives me the opportunity to watch eyes roll when I tell the story of Jefferson and...
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
20:03
The United States of Wine
Independence Day has again come and gone. It's one of my favorite holidays because it SHOULD have real meaning for every American. It also gives me the opportunity to watch eyes roll when I tell the story of Jefferson and...
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
July 1, 2010
21:13
Terroir as Tarte L'Oignon
I've mentioned before on this blog that the idea of "Terroir" is somewhat troubling to me for a few different reasons. The first is that if the vast majority of wine drinkers can't taste or describe or identify the difference...
Categories: Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
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