Wine, Women, and Weight

By now you’re heard the news, Alcohol May Help Fight Weight Gain In Women! Any news that promises weight loss is gulped down here in America even faster than we bolt our super-sized Big Mac, fries, and shake combos. But is there anything to it? Let’s look behind the curtain, shall we?

Sense and Sensibility: A Tale of Wine Blogging from Both Sides of the Pond

The inaugural year of the Wine Bloggers Conference (WBC), as it was then called, was by turns a blustery and timid affair. Held in Santa Rosa, California, in the fall of 2008, it was the first time wine bloggers from all walks of life, talent and knowledge had the opportunity to come together and share common interests in a collective forum.

Thank you from Palate Press

On behalf of everybody at Palate Press: The online wine magazine and Brother Can You Spare a Bottle, it is my pleasure, my honor, to thank the wine community for its amazing generosity supporting the Wine for Haiti project. The response has been absolutely amazing.

Wine for Haiti Lot 5 – Sara Nelson Design Fine-Art Print SOLD

Sara Nelson, of Sara Nelson Design, has generously contributed a fine-art print entitled “Wine Goddess,” by Herb Leonhard. This beautiful fine-art print measures 24″ x 36″, is printed on water color paper, and will be signed by the artist. Retail value is $500.00.

Thoughts in the New Year from “Wine Influencers”

With reliability akin to the sun coming up tomorrow, we can count on a couple of things from lifestyle writers at the New Year – sparkling wine recommendations, year-end recaps and predictions for the coming year.

Looking at Three-Tier from the Other Side

So you think the three-tier alcohol (wine, beer and sprits) wholesale distribution model is broken and you want to flush it? Read this first.

On Corkscrews, Blondes and Vending Machines…

trust your own palette, always a corkscrew or two about and NEVER take a key card from a blonde with bodywork unless you are really sure of what you are getting yourself into…

Where to plant a vineyard… in 2099?

For now I think I’ll start looking into land in Antarctica. I’m sure at this point it will be fairly cheap, and my kids can start to cultivate it in 2099, when I’m long gone.

Trust is the New Black: Your Local Retailer as Wine Confidante

It seems as if the age of consumer excess that occurred over the last decade has given way to, dare I say it, a more quaint way of doing business.

Wine for Women’s Attention

The point I took away from this class was that wine marketers interested in appealing to women need to pay more attention to the the kaleidoscope of nuanced preferences that women exhibit toward wine.

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