Archive for category Wine
Wondering Where We Went?
May 5th, 2010 by New Wine Consumer in Future Topics, The Rest, Wine
I see by the sustained number of downloads that although there hasn’t been a recorded chat for 9 months, new people come and download the old ones. That indicates continued interest in the audio format about wine.
We tried for a long time to find a good match for a sponsor. The idea is not to get rich, but to get compensated for the many hours spent on organizing, doing, editing and publishing the conference recordings and keeping the site up to date. A sponsor with a theme such as a wine club or a group like ZAP (Zinfandel) could do amazing work with a periodic netcast about their wines.
If you have any interest in reaching the approximately 3,000 downloads per month that we are currently reaching, please get in touch.
Customer Perception in the world of Wine
December 7th, 2009 by New Wine Consumer in Future Topics, Wine
Wine is special: you open a bottle and it can’t be put back in stock like the gadgets at Best Buy. We want to talk about how you feel you’ve been treated by the people from whom you purchase wine. Should you ignore a bad bottle? How about several bad bottles? Is wine quality subjective or can you be certain when something is off?
I heard a story recently that makes my hair stand up: how can producers and stores be so ignorant about generating goodwill? How can they also not realize that in this day and age, we consumers talk a lot online and often peer comments are more important than the critic’s reviews.
Keep in touch if you have a story to tell from either side of the counter!
The Wine Web on Mobile Screens
Round table discussion participants
@quaffability John Gavin, web designer
@DeannaLawrence, Strategist Global Digital Media and Emerging Consumer Trends
@cavemanwines Michael Wangbickler, Caveman Wines
@mjgraves Michael Graves, Graves on Soho VoIP
@RovingThruSpain Neil Monnens, Wine BlueBook
Martin Barrett, Cana’s Feast Winery
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Abstract:
With the ubiquity of Twitter, Facebook and the iPhone (and a growing number of other phones) people are now more likely to click on links and land on a web page using a small-screen browser. My goal is to assemble as many ideas and opinions as possible on the topic of what information is most needed and how to adapt it to the web-capable phone, mp3 player or personal assistant.
- Stakeholders: anyone using the web to communicate, i.e., everyone.
- Roles: consultant, designer, site builder, site visitor, site owner.
- Communication vector: what else? the phone. [numbers]
A few reference bookmarks: http://delicious.com/NewWine
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Ironstone Zin
September 8th, 2009 by New Wine Consumer in Wine
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Core Wine Company Visit
September 1st, 2009 by New Wine Consumer in Wine
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Among our visits, our talk with David Corey in Santa Maria, California was enjoyable and the wines we brought home were terrific. Dave knows his way around wine and we asked him a few questions on Malbec, since he’s one of the handful of California producers using that grape.
Allen Meadows and New Burghound Book
August 4th, 2009 by New Wine Consumer in Wine
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Allen Meadows, aka the Burghound joins us live to talk about his travels and experiences in Burgundy and elsewhere. His new book, “The Pearl of the Côte The Great Wines of Vosne-Romanée” will be out in Spring 2010. Subscribers of Allen’s quarterly Burghound Review will be alerted when the book is ready to be ordered. If you are not subscribed, you can ask for a head-ups by entering your name and email at BurghoundBooks.com.
We talked about how Allen began his travels to Burgundy and what it was like to approach wine producers and taste their wines, often in barrel. The work involved in tasting and writing notes is considerable. Deciding what parts of the producer notes to publish requires a degree in (or at least some degree of) diplomacy. We spoke about gaining the producers’ confidence while retaining credibility.
Burgundy’s history is complicated and the geography of the small parcels of land hard to keep track of. Allen’s book is about these things in great detail with specially prepared maps, notes on the Vosnes Romanée and neighboring areas. You should listen to this recording if you have any interest in wine criticism, Burgundy or just want to hear a master describe the work he’s been doing for decades.
André Rasberg on Malbec from Argentina and Cahors
July 28th, 2009 by New Wine Consumer in Wine
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André Rasberg is the president of the Argentine sommeliers association. He spoke to Evelyne after his presentation at Vinexpo 2009 in June.
Strange Fruit, the lynching of Murphy-Goode
July 21st, 2009 by New Wine Consumer in Wine
Congrats to all the people who tried for the M-G gig, you were amazing and it was a hard choice (to me). Our regular guest Hardy Wallace @dirtysouthwine is the apparent choice of Murphy-Goode, so goode going and get dirty!
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I did not follow every detail of the campaign, but I did not have the impression at any time that the votes were any more important than the cheers for Lance Armstrong at the sides of the road (or indeed on Twitter nowadays).
I contend that it isn’t surprising (or wrong) that people like Leo and Kevin Rose, who had a friendly “I have more Twitter followers than you” contest would be outraged when they learned that it wasn’t a vote contest, the votes (again in my perception) were just a way of cheering people on.
I don’t mind that this is now old news in the real time social web, because I think some thought needs to be given to the mob mentality and how it may not be right even if a large number of people line up to crack the whip.
Of course there’s a lesson in this story, too.
Note: we are on GMT+2, 6 hours later than New York in case your comments take a long time to appear, it may be because we’re sleeping.
Here is Martin’s original totally cool Tweet “heard round the world”
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And here is what happened next, on Digg: 2295 links, 311 comments
FriendFeed.com search for Murphy-Goode also shows about 300 posts:
Today, a Google search of Murphy-Goode reveals items 2 and 4 “not so goode”.
More viewpoints:
Tuesday July 14th: Speaking of Wine
July 14th, 2009 by New Wine Consumer in Wine
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Andy Cheese will talk about Wine in Sweden and what it’s like to live in a state-controlled liquor distribution system. Andy is member of the Stockholm section of the Munskänkarna Wine Club and a holder of the WSET certificate. He says on his blog: “In general, I try to taste everyday wines meant for everyday people.”
Neil Monnens will chat about living in Spain and his sites WineRelease.com and WineBlueBook.com. The mission statement of WineRelease.com says it “informs wine enthusiasts, restaurants and wine shops about upcoming North American wine release dates.” WineBluebook.com says it “is a wine buying guide that groups the major critics’ average wine ratings, then lists them by price to determine overall value – the Quality Price Ratio for wine.
Biodynamic Movement
July 7th, 2009 by New Wine Consumer in Wine
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Randall Grahm mentioned this last week and today we’ll try to find out more about the growing movement to organic grape farming and wine making.
What is the difference between biodynamic and organic wine making and framing?
We hope to address some of the answers with help from Jamie Goode’s excellent series of articles.