Archive for April, 2009

SURVEY: Is wine a “luxury”, a “necessity” or something in between?

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

A recent Pew study found Americans are reclassifying more and more of the material aspects of our lives as “luxuries” and no longer “necessities”.
This got me thinking….
Is there a category in-between “luxury” and “necessity”? (Geez, I hope so…)
So I asked this very question on Twitter and my friend from Boston Richard Auffrey answered that YES in fact [...]

Video: “Kosher” is NOT what makes a wine interesting (or uninteresting)

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Here’s a little something we filmed last week. Enjoy!

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Video: The Kosher Wine Ghetto

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

The “kosher” wine section in traditional wine retailers is too often like a “ghetto” – great wines go in; they never come out.
Kosher wines, even good ones, are way too often situated over in the corner by the rat hole and the bathroom. 
We want to work with  great retailers ready to create a new ISRAELI [...]

Part 2: How Does Perceived Wine Region Affect Perceived Wine Value?

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Here’s Part 2 of our special series from Ashley Cole:
As I researched I worked to create an experiment that would allow me to evaluate  the extent in which product origin affected my variables of taste, satisfaction and retail value.  I was also challenged to create a sample of people that could be considered representative of [...]

Daniel Rogov on the Ethics of Being a Wine Critic

Friday, April 17th, 2009

There is a brewing challenge from wine writer Tyler Colman ( aka Dr. Vino ) to wine critic Robert Parker about the ethics and objectivity of himself and his team.
Parker may just be (love him or not) the most influential single critic in any field of all time.
You can read all the back-and-forth to date [...]

11 bottles of Margalit Cabernet Franc 2005 Signed by the winemaker

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

I have in our Napa warehouse 11 bottles of Margalit Cabernet Franc 2005 signed by Yair Margalit.
For people who care about wine scores…this wine has them – it received a 92 from Israeli food & wine critic Daniel Rogov and an 89 from Wine Spectator.
Margalit winery – run by the father-son winemaking team of Dr. [...]

Part 1 in our Series on How Wine Region Impacts Perceived Quality and Value

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Here’s the 1st in a series of posts on this hot topic from Ashley Cole.
Background Information and Wine Industry
After being told I would need to conduct a thesis experiment, I wanted to find a topic that I could be as excited about on my first day up until the very end.  I chose wine mostly [...]

Help Me Save a Child’s Heart in San Francisco on May 10th!

Monday, April 13th, 2009

 
Please join me at the San Fran JCC on May 10th to enjoy some of the best available boutique wines from Israel and, while doing so, Save a Child’s Heart!
You can register on-line here!
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COMIC: The Passover Wine Tasting

Friday, April 10th, 2009

My pal Susan Currie from Oklahoma shared this with me…I think it’s cute!
 

 
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Going Beyond the Wine

Monday, April 6th, 2009

For me this article about me and our little company begins to cover a few of the major passions (aside from my 4 kids and a few other things) that drive me.
Israel21c is an organization that seeks to broaden people’s understanding of what Israel is all about.
 
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