An article came out in The New York Times this week asking what can be done to save the “ailing” wine industry. In the column, there’s quite a distinction made between people who drink wine from a supermarket (i.e., the majority of wine drinkers) and more “geeky” wine drinkers. It’s not only tone deaf, but it starts a conversation about how to improve the wine industry with thoughts that some may find insulting. The article The VinePair Podcast: Wine Should Be Building, Not Burnin...| VinePair
Amy Racine fell in love with restaurants at a very young age. In North Canton, Ohio, where Racine is from, the hospitality industry she was exposed to in her youth was a simple one, but one she remembers fondly. Going out was always a special occasion, and wine was an integral part of it. “Growing up, it didn’t feel like wine was just a drink,” she says. “It was at the table with the food, it was a part of the conversation. The article Next Wave Awards Wine Professional of the Year: A...| VinePair
At the Vinitaly.USA conference in Chicago, Adam and Joanna received a question from someone working for a very well-known (and very successful) wine region. Despite this success, the person mentioned that wines from their region aren’t as well respected among sommeliers as they would like. In short, sommeliers don’t consider the region cool when compared to another. But does it really matter? If your wine brand or your wine region is popular among the public and continues to sell, do you ...| VinePair
In the food industry, “eat this not that” is a common marketing strategy. In the wine world, though, it’s generally not great to bash mass-produced, supermarket wines when trying to market what might be a cleaner, lower-intervention wine from a smaller winery. But the parallels with food messaging are certainly there, so why doesn’t it work with wine? For one, it just isn’t good for the wine industry as a whole. Broadcasting that one wine is “good” and one wine is “bad” rein...| VinePair
Discover the best boxed wines from budget to premium. Compare brands, prices, and quality — including Really Good Boxed Wine & Gratsi. The post I went looking for great boxed wine and this is what I found appeared first on Wine Club Group.| Wine Club Group
Rediscovering New Zealand’s Winemaking Heritage: Martinborough Winery, Cambridge Road, has restored ancient Totara wine barrels for the release of a Martinb ...| nzwinedirectory.co.nz
Innovative New Zealand winery Invivo announces a strategic investment from Indevin, New Zealand’s largest wine producer, designed to supercharge its global ...| nzwinedirectory.co.nz