Palate Press

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Palate Press has selected our top ten stories from 2012 and will publish a 2012 Redux article each weekday until January 4, 2013. These stories highlight our featured columnists, widely recognized contributors, and most popular works published through the year. The Palate Press editorial board hopes you enjoy these highlights as we look

Looking for Hope in the Sea of Dying Wine iPhone Apps

Paul Mabray

Features

7 min read

This is my third year writing about wine iPhone apps for Palate Press and VinTank. You would have thought last year’s version would have been the hardest when we analyzed over 450 apps for 20 key factors. In fact, it was the apocalyptic remnants of the category we saw this

Craft Wine: What the Wine Industry Can Learn from Craft Beer

Jules Van Cruysen

Features

6 min read

The wine market is crowded. There are thousands of wineries jumping up and down screaming, 'ME, ME, ME!!!', all trying to tell a story about what makes them different. It’s a story that wine buyers and potential customers are getting bored of. It is not the top tier of producers

Wine Sample Request Etiquette—for Bloggers and Others

Meg Houston Maker

Features

10 min read

The pipeline has dried up. Five or six years ago, almost any casual wine enthusiast could launch a WordPress or Blogger blog, write a post about each new wine he drank—from the plonk to the good stuff—and wait for wine samples to come pouring in. And pour in they did.

Wineries Turn to Creative Marketing to Bolster Holiday Sales

Kristina Anderson

Features

8 min read

The holidays are a crucial time for retailers to meet their year-end budgets, and wineries are no exception. Many turn to marketing strategies ranging from the simple to the complex to help them drive holiday sales. At their core, successful marketing campaigns drive sales by answering the unique needs of

Why the Internet Doesn’t Always Change the Way Wineries Do Business

Ryan OConnell

Features

6 min read

Every new Internet development comes with a hyperventilating promise to change the way a winery does business by revolutionizing how it interfaces with its customers by creating a new type of community around the brand. Yet, these innovations rarely become-read more-

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Why is Arianna Occhipinti a Winemaking Legend?

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Wine Country Hospitality in Amador County

Top of the Mark Lounge in San Francisco Celebrates 85 years

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2012 Redux: Craft Wine, What the Wine Industry Can Learn from Craft Beer

Looking for Hope in the Sea of Dying Wine iPhone Apps

Craft Wine: What the Wine Industry Can Learn from Craft Beer

Wine Sample Request Etiquette—for Bloggers and Others

Wineries Turn to Creative Marketing to Bolster Holiday Sales