Featured Blog Postings for Saturday, November 21st
Each day our editors monitor 50 wine industry blogs and select the most relevant, recent postings.
A summary of each posting with a link to the blog is listed below.
Steve Heimoff Michelle Obama to launch wine line!November 3rdNot really, but it caught your eye, didn’t it? And what’s more, you weren’t really surprised, were you? It would be just another case of a celebrity wine brand. What does it say about our culture when everyone from the National Rifle Association to Bob Dylan wants to have or sponsor a wine brand?
ShipCompliant Wisconsin County and Stadium Local TaxesNovember 3rdAll businesses registered with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue received a notice that county and stadium taxes must be remitted beginning October 1st, 2009. For all orders that were taken after October 1st and shipped to Wisconsin residents, wine shippers must remit the appropriate county and stadium taxes.
Wine & Spirits Daily Massachusetts Stakeholders Outline ArgumentsNovember 3rdWine & Spirits Daily spoke with the two different sides last week in order to gain perspective on this important case, and the wider issue of direct shipping versus three-tier.
Good Grape The Rodney Strong Single Vineyard ProgramNovember 3rdIn the second year of the single vineyard designate program from Rodney Strong I’ve learned something very important: these wines (two released so far, with a third on the way), while provocative with a come-hither look, are far too young to drink now and are much better on the second day...
Wine Enthusiast's UNreserved Wine as a Passion/Wine as a BusinessNovember 3rdWine is one of the few subjects where the story behind the product is as fascinating as the wine itself. Intriguing visionaries, brave business choices, a breakneck pace of dynamic action—the world of wine business is both inspiring and sometimes unbelievable.
PG BLOG the write stuffNovember 3rdConspicuously missing from the recent Wine Advocate Washington reviews were the wines of Hedges Family Estate. But those who know the Hedges family will understand it is not a comment on the quality of the wines, but rather the strongly felt belief on the part of all the Hedges that their wines should not be scored.
WineCountry.com Parker PandemoniumNovember 3rdIt's not easy being Robert Parker. If the recent rash of criticism of the wine ratings czar is any indication, the lawyer-turned-world's-most-recognized-wine-critic isn't sleeping easy nights.
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