Wine Knowledge and Australia
August 23, 2011 by adamjapko
Filed under Featured, Wine Business, Wine Marketing/Selling, Wine Regions
Tweet I just received an interesting email from the Wine Australia representative I met at the Wine Bloggers Conference last month. Antonia Muir is memorable because, among other things, she gave me a very cool grey promotional t-shirt with only one line across the chest proclaiming “Everyone Has A Story.” While I am happy to [...]
Questioning the Sensibility of Bordeaux’s New Found Irrelevance
May 20, 2010 by adamjapko
Filed under Featured, Wine Industry, Wine Marketing/Selling, Wine Media, WineZag
Tweet Eric Asimov helped me feel old, out of the loop, and crusty today simply because I prefer Bordeaux. Please do not crucify me en masse, and allow me to cling to a hard earned 51-year-old point of view that many of the world’s finest wines are products of Bordeaux as you join me on a [...]
Blind Tasting Series Report Part 1: Viognier
May 13, 2010 by adamjapko
Filed under Featured, Wine Reviews, Wine Tastings, Wine Values, WineZag
Tweet After a several year hiatus, a successful season of reincarnation has passed for the blind tasting series and wine enthusiast group that I am pleased to regale monthly at my home. Each tasting requires hours of preparation including wine acquisition, printed line ups, tasting agendas, room set, food and bread supply, wine prep, glassware [...]
Wine Makers and Mortgage Makers Reverse Greedy Paths
January 10, 2010 by adamjapko
Filed under Featured, Wine Business, Wine Industry, Wine Marketing/Selling, Wine Retailing, Winery, WineZag
Tweet I recoiled and pushed away the crystal stemware wondering if some savory syrup was masquerading as wine, and that maybe its destiny was to spread like jam on slices of peanut butter slathered Wonder Bread. This sensory collision with high alcohol and unrestrained ripeness was triggered a few years back cracking open a 2005 Mollydooker The Boxer screw top, a wine Robert Parker awarded 95 points [...]
Venerable Value Trove or Flash in the Pan?
September 25, 2009 by adamjapko
Filed under Wine Business, Wine Industry, Wine Marketing/Selling, Wine Reviews, Wine Values, WineZag
Tweet US consumers just might develop whiplash keeping up with declarations of new regional sources for quality wine values. Rewind the last ten years and value arrows have stopped on Spain, Argentina, Australia, Germany, Languedoc, Beaujolais, Chile, Loire, and more. And, there appears to be no let-up. Trying to make sense of the shifting landscape, each new pronouncement of dominance in the global value segment falls neatly into one [...]
