I’ve commented to friends in the past that wine has become a commodity. There are so many options, that wine producers need to do something different to break through the clutter. If you read the copy on wine labels and advertising, it all starts to sound the same. In order to do [...]
According to an article published yesterday in the Financial Times, Amazon.com is gearing up to enter the online wine sales market.
Amazon is currently recruiting a Senior Buyer “responsible for the acquisition of massive new product selection, as Specialty Foods is an emerging segment and the Sr. Buyer will work to build out entirely new selection [...]
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology hypothesized that marketing factors, such as the price of a product, could have an impact on experiential perceptions such as pleasantness. And they put the idea to the test with wine.
In the study, recently published by the National Academy of Sciences, researchers told participants that they would [...]
2½ bottles of wine a week can save your life
That’s the headline from a story published in The Times today. According to this article, those who drink up to 14 drinks each week have a lower risk of death from heart disease than than both heavy drinkers and non-drinkers.
“A weekly moderate alcohol intake reduced the [...]
I’ve been seeing more and more organic wine in stores lately, but I haven’t been motivated to try much of it. Why? Because they tend to be unstable and I’ve never really found a good one—by current US “organic” standards anyway. The reason is that sulfites cannot be used in the production of wines labeled [...]
Just a few days ago I was commenting on how it amazes me that with shipping costs and all we are able to get inexpensive wines all the way from Australia. Well that may not be the case for long, but not because of shipping costs, drought is the culprit.
Australia has been suffering its worst drought in [...]
The New York Times published an article on cheap wine, $10 and under to be specific. The goal of the article is to identify inexpensive wines that are not only palatable, but also have structure and personality. They tasted 25 different inexpensive wines to come up with their top 10.
Ironically, I haven’t tried any of [...]
Scientist Roger Corder has just released “The Red Wine Diet” a book that touts the benefits of drinking red wine. Corder recommends three glasses of red wine daily to stave off heart disease, diabetes and dementia.
He attributes the health benefits to a polyphenol chemical called procyanidin. This differs from some other scientists who credit resveratrol [...]
Charles Shaw Chardonnay, often referred to as “Two Buck Chuck” recently won double gold honors at the California State Fair wine competition. It beat 350 other Chardonnays for the honors and was rated at a 98. It goes to show, cheap wine can be enjoyable.
Full Article
Lesley Reidy of www.winefairy.co.nz writes about a topic near and dear to my heart, finding good cheap wines. The title says it all. I agree with all the recomendations in this article:
Individuality
Drinkability
Not ’soft drink sweet’
Tasty
Look beyond the label
Of particular note: “smaller, lesser known vineyards are making some great value for money wine.” How true. Time [...]
