Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Top Wine Stories of 2014

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Top wine, and beer, news of the past year from a Sonoma County point-of-view.
Monday, December 29, 2014

Pennsylvania's Alcohol Gestapo Strikes Again

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You might argue that places like Utah, Oklahoma, or even Massachusetts have more strict alcohol control than Pennsylvania, but nobody is mor...
Friday, December 26, 2014

Why it's better to get drunk on wine

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If you're gonna get drunk, and you know you are eventually, here's why it's better to do it on wine.   This is more stylish...
Monday, December 22, 2014

Wine Sales -- Getting You to Buy in the Tasting Room

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If you should be lucky enough to visit winery tasting rooms you will be subjected to some standard sales techniques used by most of the win...
Thursday, December 18, 2014

Wine Marketing--Getting You to Buy

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Marketing wine is pretty much like any other retail sales. There are some great lines the marketeers use to get you to act. Like these: Ti...
Tuesday, December 16, 2014

All I Want for Christmas ...

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Dear Santa, Since I didn't get that six inch telescope when I was eight you owe me. Here's what I want this year. And it's not...
Friday, December 12, 2014

Wacky Alcohol Laws

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P rohibition may have ended over 80 years ago, but that doesn't mean various state agencies didn't come up with lots of idiotic ide...
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Sonoma County Wine in the Old Days

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By "old days" I'm saying three decades ago. To some those were the old days. I mean look at those hairdos! I ran across a ma...
Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Today's Weird Wine News

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Leave it to the alcohol biz to come up with items like this: Cannabis-infused wine because one buzz is never enough Musician Melissa Eth...
Friday, December 5, 2014

Wine Accessories as Gifts

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E veryone has at least one person on their holiday shopping list who already has everything. Okay, they have everything in your price range ...
Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Winter Events in Sonoma County

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Major Wine-Related Events for Winter of 2014 /2015 This is the quiet time of year in the wine country and it's a great time to visit....
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Today's Beer News

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There's a lot going on in the beer world. Some of it's funny, the last item significant.   Old Ex-Commie Calls American Beer Filth...