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Wednesdays at 12 Noon EDT: The New Wine Consumer
We get together each week to chat about the state of wine and the wine business. Professionals and wine lovers alike are welcome to join the discussion. Call (724) 444-7444 enter 11888# 1# or join Talkshoe and set your own PIN.
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Next week: Unknown as we move to Bordeaux. Keep watching the skies! June 11th, 2008 Joel Vincent of the Open Wine Consortium told us about the philosophy behind Wine Bloggers Conference planned in Sonoma in October European Wine Bloggers Conference - The conference is planned as a first attempt to bring together different voices from the wine blogosphere from throughout Europe and the rest of the world to drink, eat and discuss.Family, Love Wine Blog - An Intersection of the Passions of the Life of a Lucky Wine Publicist WineNegress - Claudia was with us again. Her blog is about wine, knitting and hockey to name but a few of her subjects. Wine Brands Blog - Wine Brands, the book is now available in the UK and soon in the USA Wine Conversation - Thoughts on wine's role in our culture WineBizRadio - Our friends at Wine Biz Radio always deserve mention. Great listening. June 4th, 2008: Wine Spies, SWE report, Gary V in Nevada for tea Eve comes back from New Orleans with tales to tell. Espionage activity from a Wine Spy. Whither OWC? GaryVee phones it in from Vegas: Yes we lose the Gary Game this week, once again. The Wine Spies - Every day a new wine is featured on this original site with an espionage theme and clear detailed info on each wine.June 1st, 2008: Wine Brands GotoMyPC - Our weekly conference is sponsored by GotoMyPCWine Brands, Chapter 5: Wine web 1.0. May 28th, 2008: Innovation with Philip James of Snooth.com We talk about the past, present and future of Snooth, where the name came from, how the excellent search engine was designed and some of the social features of the site. Snooth - Snooth combines tasting notes, peer rating and social networking all in one well-designed and compelling siteMay 21st, 2008: Marshall Sontag of WineQ.com WineQ.com - This is a great site that has very original features and a clean and crisp design and easy navigation. You can make your own wine club or join an existing one. Social networking elements on this site make it unique.May 14th, 2008 on Wine and Health Claims Are the claims made about moderate wine consumption based on some truth or is (unfermented) grape juice better for you? An ordinary laboratory mouse will run one kilometer on a treadmill before collapsing from exhaustion. But mice given resveratrol, a minor component of red wine and other foods, run twice as far. Mayo Clinic - Resveratrol isn't the only substance in red wine that looks promising. The alcohol in red wine also appears to be heart healthy.About.com - Moderate wine consumption and potential health benefits - fact or fantasy? There is a growing body of scientific research that indicates the polyphenols found in red wines may offer significant antioxidant protection. This translates to chemicals found in red wines, have the potential to overcome free radicals that are bound and determined to cause cellular damage, which is a root cause of various forms of cancer and heart disease. WinePros.org - Background and a good starting point. "Wine and Health ... benefits are not without cautions ..." Beekman Wine - Review of published studies, "taken mostly from the writings of Elisabeth Holmgren, director of the Department of Research and Education at the Wine Institute. Although she represents the wine industry, her writings seem to be relatively even handed." Australian Wine Research Institute - Wine and Health FAQs, The A-Z of information on wine and health issues QuackWatch - Laboratory tests have clearly demonstrated that resveratrol may help prevent cardiovascular disease and cancer. However, there are several reasons why recommending a population-wide increase would be premature. Illinois Wine Makers Alliance (2007) - Those of us in the wine industry are very aware of the health benefits of wine and love to share new studies with wine drinkers. Here's a recent article about the benefits that result from Resveratrol Science Daily (Dec 1997) - Red Wine's Health Benefits May Be Due In Part To "Estrogen" In Grape Skin MSNBC (2007) - Is wine good for you? In moderation, a glass or two can help your heart, prevent cancer and more The Google! - This will get you a lot to look at! Dennis Vineyards - Winery talks about resveratol levels in their wines. May 9th, 2008 - The First Wine Brand Another excerpt from the book that inspired New Wine Consumer: Wine Brands. Two armed camps exist in the world of wine: terroir and brands. Reaching a large number of consumers is usally achieved by brand recognition. For the relatively small number of wine enthusiasts (geeks), brands are a dumbing-down of the process. They also object to the idea that wine should taste the same from one vintage to another. Wine Brands Blog - Wine Brands is about to become available on Amazon and other retail outlets. This is another excerpt from a chapter of this book.GotoMyPC - Our weekly conference is sponsored by GotoMyPC May 7th, 2008 - Sites, Blogs and Podcasts Mentioned Writing about wine, but also Twitter and using it as a professional, a new site called WineQ/com, "a netflix for wine", a few upcoming events, Open Wine Consortium, everyone's having babies, etc. Going Green in the Wine Cabinet - Claudia's ArticleWine Negress - Claudia's Blog on Wine, Knitting and Hockey Open Wine Consortium - Professional international network for people in wine Wine Life Today - Joel Vincent's Blog - he promises to update RSN :) Bubble Bros Blog - Cork Wine Merchants Sourgrapes - A Blog about Wine WineBlogger - A whole bunch of blogs on Wine! Wine Brands Blog - An extension of the soon to be published book Surf4Wine - Andrew Chapman's UK Wine Merchat has podcasts WineQ - A new idea in purchasing wine GotoMyPC - Our weekly conference is sponsored by GotoMyPC Mentioned April 29th, 2008 (With thanks to Dave and Claudia as always!) Wine in the several emerging markets: India, China, Russia and perhaps Brazil? We talked about how difficult it is for wine to flow between countries. Cultural differences, cuisines, customs. Luxury and brands are still tops in the emerging markets. Year of the Rat - Eric Asimov's blog talking about the Chinese food pairing challengeInertia - Paul Mabray and Eric Hsu stopped by to chat about how hard it is to get wine flowing internationally Emerging Markets - Luxury and the emerging markets as seen by Uché Okwonko For April 22nd, 2008 Women in wine: The Decanter May 2008 issue has an article about why women do not usually collect wine, with a few exceptions. I loved the story Becky Wasserman tells about how she was speaking at an event and a guy in the audience said he "...only tasted Grand Crus" to which she replied, "I feel sorry for you." She was struck by the total silence in the room and realized that the audience, entirely male, didn't get what she meant! Wine, Women and Marketing - "It's no secret that women make up the majority of U.S. wine drinkers, yet many wine marketing types seem to be at a loss as to how to reach them."Girl Power - "Young women embarking on drinking wine are particularly susceptible to the blandishments of marketing speak..." OWC Group - Our Open Wine Consortium group for this conference. For April 15th, 2008 Edition Use of video on the www in wine, GaryV and a lot of others doing video Mefeedia Wine Channel - Nice collection of wine videos of all kinds (thx to Dave for this)Wine Brands Article on Video - The wine business could use this new technological trend to promote wine makers, producers, wines and all the industry-related products and/or services. Wine Rendez-vous - Olivier calls himself the "Frenchy in Napa" and the site motto is "Cutting out the B.S." WineTasteTV - Interviews with sommeliers and wine makers GotoMyPC - Our weekly conference is sponsored by GotoMyPC From April 8th, 2008 Edition Storefronts on the web: How are wines presented in the shop window in your area? Is anyone doing anything creative? What about local or national laws? What about the home page of online stores and how these compare with looking in the store window? Crazy Alcohol Drinks - Washington Post article about some very unusual beverage findsWine Biz Radio - Live phone-in radio from Sonoma co-hosted by our fellow OWC guy Randy Hall TheDieline.com - Yet more wacky wine labels fro Megalomaniac Links mentioned on April 1st, 2008 Edition The Dieline Package Design Blog - Great designs with a specific "alcohol" sectionThe Pour (Eric Asimov NY Times) - Always a good read with lots of comments, this post is about labels. April 1st Wine bottles and labels: A perfect area for disagreement between terroir and taste. The bottle and label are the first things the consumer sees. What are the impressions created by names like "Bitch!" and cute animal images? What essential information is missing? |