The art of wine label design is widely practiced. And better by some than others.
In almost every case, the primary question that is asked by the owners of a wine labels is this: Will it help me sell more wine? What’s really interesting about label design is that the less wine a [...]

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I had the chance to meet with two pretty impressive wine minds this morning and an interesting topic emerged: How will the wine media in America portray the 2010 harvest/vintage in California/Napa/Sonoma?
Will they take the proper perspective, talk to numerous vintners and growers, take account of the different pace of ripenng for different varieties [...]

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Did Washington State voters throw off the shackles of its antiquated three tier system or did they choose to remain tied to post-Prohibition era state stores and a three tier distribution system for liquor and regulations that put distributors in charge over all others?
Answer: We don’t know yet.
Initiative 1100 in Washington State would get the [...]

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Making the move from living in a Baseball-Fan-Martyrdom to the pinnacle of Baseball-Fan-Rewards is not an easy transition. It feels very much like when I went from lowly-Wine-PR-Guy-Who-Drinks-What-He-Can-Afford to working for a wine auction house where I realized I was actually the Lucky-Guy-Who-Tastes-Great-Wines-I’d-Only-Read-About-Before-and-Who-Tastes-Them-Regulatory-Now. It’s disorienting and necessitates a re-adjustment in one’s attitude.
The appeal of [...]

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