Winexpression

You have a friend in the wine business. The Sommelier at your neighborhood fine dining establishment is there to help. They make the evening enjoyable by offering a service that adds to the experience of eating out. The Wine section from the Chronicle this week printed a piece from Stephen Yafa who quizzed 4 of […]

Poor Merlot. The varietal that has taken so much flak as of late, gets a look from every angle by wine writer Eric Asimov. A varietal responsible for some of the most amazing wines in the world, which Eric points out, that has dropped in U.S. sales before the movie sideways even came out. Thanks […]

If you were going to launch a new wine brand in a foreign country, what would you do? Would you hop on a plane, travel the area, and meet with as many retailers and restaurateurs as you could? Or perhaps you’d establish contact with a local distributor/ wholesaler to do that for you. Maybe it’s […]

Boy I’m glad I published my show first, as Jason Priestly and friend have set out to do the exact same show as me: travel the world’s greatest wine regions while conversing with local vintners and wine lovers with hopes of educating viewers about wine. Hollywood and Vines, (could they have come up with a […]

When you stop and think about it, it’s really quite brilliant. I have some wine I want to sell. Instead of going through a three-tiered distribution channel, I’ll cut out the middleman, and develop a list of clients I’ll sell to directly. Eager consumers sign up with hopes of one day getting on the exclusive […]

An offer of $500,000 USD was made to Jennifer Lopez to come to the trade embargoed Caucasus country of Georgia, to perform at their independence day celebration on May 26th and to promote the local wine. Unfortunately for the Georgians, J-lo declined, ‘reportedly setting unrealistic conditions for her appearance and holding out for a much […]