This is an issue I’ve been contemplating writing about for a few years now, but it appears Dan Berger beat me to the punch! He writes: I’ve heard winemakers and wine geeks say: “A pinot noir isn’t wine until it’s … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged California, Pinot Noir, Young wine | Leave a comment //So this is kind of a different post for me! I have a gentleman who approached me a week ago, asking if I know anyone interested in buying from his collection of Vintage Ports.According to the seller, the wine has … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News | Tagged Port, Portugal | Leave a comment //#6 Mobile sites load faster. How many times have you gone to a website, only for it to take a little too long to load, so you shouted “Screw this!” and ended up clicking somewhere else? I do it daily. … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged mobile website, mobile website design, mobile website statistics, Mobile websites, mobile winery websites | Leave a comment //It’s only in the past few months that I’ve started to take mobile websites seriously. The first time I realized the full potential of a “mobile-optimized website” was last year at the Wine Bloggers Conference in Virginia. They had their … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged mobile website, mobile website design, mobile website statistics, Mobile websites, mobile winery websites | Leave a comment //A Government-funded report in Australia has found that the price of wine needs to be raised to combat growing levels of alcoholism, after it was found that wine can be purchased for as little 30 Australia cents a drink (about … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Australia, Wine is cheaper than water | Leave a comment //The news coming out of China is that the Shanghai police have arrested a wine counterfeiting gang, seizing thousands of bottles of “fake Bordeaux” in the process. The ringleader had been running the scam since 2010, using Chinese wine whilst … Continue reading
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