Is there a new pecking order for cult Napa Cabs? Well, the case could certainly be made after this past Saturday’s Premiere Napa Valley: the part-auction, part-networking-event, part-total-insanity in which small, selected barrels/lots from some of Napa’s most celebrated wine producers are auctioned off to collectors, buyers and importers, as special, once-in-a-lifetime future bottlings. The…
Category: wine industry events
What The 2011 Class of the Vintners Hall of Fame Tells Us About the California Wine Industry
As most regular 1WD readers know, I’m not much for classic reporting-style articles. In fact, to me the choice between writing a “such-and-such took place on Monday and so-and-so was honored with a whozy-whatsit for their work on the whatcha-ma-jigger” piece or a “let me tell you what I think about X…” piece – namely,…
Going Pro: Talking Millennial Wine Marketing in Napa
On April 6, I’ll be part of a roundtable wine industry panel discussing “strategies for building wine brand loyalty” among what has to be one of the most fickle (and largest) group of wine consumers ever to swipe credit cards in exchange for vinous experiences: the oft-discussed (and more often misunderstood) Millennials. The panel is…
Win a Pair of Tickets to the Dark & Delicious Petite Sirah Bash in Alameda!
I’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to the upcoming Dark & Delicious Petite Sirah event in Alameda, CA on February 18th – and they might just have YOUR name on ‘em! The Dark & Delicious event is organized by P.S. I Love You, which is probably the world’s most passionate collection of…