3rd Annual RiverHops Jacksonville
February 27, 2012.
7 Deadly Wine Glasses.
February 26, 2012
I can’t even begin to explain how much I love these beautiful (but granted not very practical) wine glasses.
The 7 Deadly Glasses by Kacper Hamilton Design are based on the idea that each glass represents a sin, which is revealed through the ritual of drinking. The glasses are limited edition and hand-made in England (which for obvious reasons only makes me love them more). No mention of a price, but I can’t imagine they are cheap! My birthday still isn’t for quite a while, but anyone who wants to buy these for me now, I’d be more than happy to repay you with smiles and good karma…
Click here to purchase the 7 Deadly Glasses.
Smokescreen Red Wine Blend, Napa Valley, 2008
February 24, 2012
Wine: Smokescreen (Red)
Grapes: 72% Cabernet, 22% Syrah, 6% Petit Verdot
Place: Napa Valley, California
Price: $24.99 available from Fiftyrow.com/SmokeScreen
Will People Pay More for Wines They Can’t Pronounce?
February 24, 2012
Yes they will! This according to new research which found that, in the eyes of the consumer, a wine will taste better if a winery is hard to pronounce.
Brock University professor, Dr Antonia Mantonakis, found that English-speaking wine consumers were more likely to buy wine from a winery with a difficult-to-pronounce name. Participants in the study also rated wine more highly in a blind tasting, and were prepared to pay more money for the same wine, if it had a name that was difficult to say in English.
Dr Mantonakis said: ‘”Wines associated with more difficult-to-pronounce names are associated with higher ratings. Things that are difficult to pronounce are unfamiliar because they are usually rare.”
Posted in News | Tagged difficult to pronounce wine, unpronounceable wine | Leave a comment //10 Years of Two Buck Chuck, and Fred Franzia’s Opinion on Wine Snobs.
February 22, 2012
2012 year marks the 10th anniversary of Charles Shaw, better known as 2-Buck Chuck, which made its debut in a Trader Joe’s store 2002.
According to Fred Franzia (NB: he’s the multi-millionaire, standing in a vineyard, wearing the unironed trousers in the photo on the left), the $2 bottling has made your “average wine snob” think twice.
“We have won the battle with snobs and other elites who didn’t believe we could provide excellent wines at an inexpensive price. This changed the wine culture in the U.S. … we are also on the radar in many wine-drinking cultures and we get calls from all over the world asking if we can provide Charles Shaw-quality wines.”
Posted in News | Tagged 2 Buck Chuck, Charles Shaw, Fred Franzia, Two Buck Chuck | 1 Comment //Keeping it Crafty!
February 22, 2012
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