Personally speaking, I don’t believe in a Hell. But if there is a hell, I imagine that it would strongly resemble US Airways Flight 703 from Frankfurt Germany to Philadelphia on May 21, 2009, sharing the back of the plane with about fifteen of the most obnoxious German airline passengers ever to assemble in one…
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The Last Word on Wine Media Ethics
Hey, wanna talk about ethics in wine media? Chances are, if you’re in wine media, the answer is “Yes! Please!” If you’re not in wine media, I’m willing to bet the answer is “Huh? Who gives a sh*t?!??” I suspect that the population breakdown looks something like this: So, when I title this “Last Word…,”…
Chicks Dig Expensive Wine! (Do Women Have a Price Bias?)
You really like my limousine You like the way the wheels roll. You like my seven inch leather heels and coming to all of the shows. But… Do you love me? – KISS, Do You Love Me (from Destroyer, 1976) The American Association of Wine Economists has released another working paper, which often is great…
Of Millennial Mistakes and Wine Blogging Blunders
The latest issue of Wine Enthusiast has some advice for wineries and wine wine marketers on how to handle the next generation of wine consumers – and it’s probably wrong. Well, it’s at least incomplete. In the May 2009 issue of Wine Enthusiast, which I received as a sample from the recent TasteCamp East in…