More ingenious, tech savvy wine lovers providing their take on the meaning of the alcohol wholesalers’ moves to turn back the clock and put wine in the shadows.
In this installment of “STOP HR 5034″ the good folks at Gramercy Cellars in Walla Walla give us a peak inside “World Wine Federation Headquarters” and a [...]

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As the three tier system's traditional structures failed to address a growing consumer demand for fine and artisan wines, one of the most important points wineries and retailers regularly made is that they would willingly accept significantly increased levels of state regulation. Wineries and retailers who sought to expand their markets and get wines [...]

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Recently in Washington State at TASTE Washington I gave a talk on ““THE TEN THINGS EVERY SMALL WINERY MUST KNOW TO MARKET IN TODAY’S WINE MARKETING UNIVERSE.”

That talk was summarized in an earlier blog post here at FERMENTATION. This is the third post in a series that expands on that earlier post.
RULE # [...]

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Do you have a blog? Do you have a web site? Do you have any digital venue where this video, produced by Vintuba TV, can be linked to? Are you a wine lover too? And do you despair the consequences of H.R. 5034, a bill now in congress that will lead to the elimination of [...]

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The alcohol wholesalers recent success in getting H.R. 5034 introduced in the House of Representatives is a straightforward effort to turn back the clock on a well-regulated, problem-free direct shipment of wine and to completely exclude all wine shipments across state lines by wineries and wine retailers. In fact, the entire, shameful bill is [...]

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