Stoned Wino

This is a very interesting and rather pertinent article from Wines and Vines…I am rather partial to cork myself. Among the many reasons is the fact that I grew up in Portugal, which happens to be the source of the world’s best cork and it helps that cork is also the most efficient enclosure (apparently most [...]

Governor’s budget includes a proposal to allow wine sales in supermarkets; liquor store owners object

Mitch Frank

Posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2008

New Yorkers may finally be able to buy Chardonnay and brie at the same time in their local supermarket if a provision in Gov. David Paterson’s budget passes the [...]

You must be scratching your head and saying, “Why is this guy talking about selling wine in the Hamptons in the middle of winter? I thought that the Hamptons were a summer place?”…Yes, but if you want to sell lots of wine on the East End during the summer, you have to show up when there [...]

But some consumers are trading down
by Mort Hochstein (from www.winebusiness.com)

A slumping economy. Sales declining. Restaurants suffering. Consumer
confidence at an all-time low. Despite a troubling recession, a report
issued this week by the industry promotional group the Wine Market
Council identifies positive and promising trends for the wine business
in the year ahead.

The good news, says John Gillespie, president of [...]

Happy New Year to one and all. The above headline is from a NY Times article dated December 31st, 2008 and is rather relevant, given the economic times, but it is not new news. I noticed the wine market and people’s buying habits starting to change well over a year ago and started adjusting the Rad [...]