How many of you caught the recent diatribes by both Guy Woodward (of Harpers) and Monika Elling (of Foundations Marketing Group in New York City) regarding the under-representation of women in the wine biz? This quote from Elling summarizes the view pretty succinctly: “I’ve been in the business some time and experienced it from several…
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In Other Words, The Wine Biz Is Pretty F*cked Up (Thoughts On The Closure Of IPOB)
The wine media world has been tripping over itself to cover the recently-announced ceasing of operations by In Pursuit of Balance (IPOB), an organization of producers that held tastings of wines that fit what the organizers and their tasting panel deemed to be New World wines of particularly elegant expression. In other words, wines that…
Why You Should Care When The Clock Strikes Wine O’Clock (Thoughts On The Enolytics 2016 Report)
My first reaction to the recently-published study/synopsis on “Wine O’Clock” issued by the new firm Enolytics: Well… yeah… no sh*t! My second reaction to the recently-published study/synopsis on “Wine O’Clock” issued by the new firm Enolytics: Wait… holy crap! This is actually important (and I am an idiot)! At first blush, you might have the…
That *Other* Antidote To Bordeaux-Bashing
As reported by Dr. Vino (and elsewhere), much-celebrated (and almost-as-often-maligned) consultant winemaker Michel Rolland was recently asked if there was an antidote to “Bordeaux-bashing” (i.e., a backlash against the Bordeaux region in general – and its most storied houses, in particular – for producing wines that are increasingly too similar and increasingly too expensive). You…