Category: Education
Part II – White Zin: Guilty Pleasure or Virtuous Vice
White Zinfandel can be compared to Viagra, in that it came about as somewhat of a fluke; it's a great wine for production in the age of instant gratification; and its success has been wildly profitable. The debate among bloggers ...
White Zinfandel: Virtuous Viniculture or Viagra of the Vine
Part I: The Art of Zin True Story: One Saturday night we “cheated on” our favorite wine haunt, Chelsea Wine Bar in El Lago, and tried a new one in Kemah. After the waitperson, unprompted, told us us that we couldn't ...
How do restaurants price their wine?
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal tried to demystify the pricing used in restaurants for their wine lists. I say 'tried' because, while they discovered a lot of information, the real answer still remains, "Who the *@#$ knows?" The ...
Pouring for Retail: Wine Sampling 101
Ever wonder how those hotties pouring sample shots at bars and sporting events got their jobs? On any given weekend, especially around the holidays, you can walk into our local wine merchant and sample wines without paying a dime. At our ...
Wine Industry & Blogger Interaction: What Crosses the Line?
At the recent North American Wine Blogger Conference (WBC) in Santa Rosa, California, one of the breakout sessions focused on "Wine Industry and Blogger Interaction." Two topics getting the most discussion were about industry marketing and blogger ethics. ...
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