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News January 27, 2013

Tasting Room Calls it Quits.

So…no-more little wine bottle samples!?!? That sucks. I loved getting those in the mail! Online flash wine retailer the Tasting Room has called it quits and shutdown all operations. The basic premise behind Tasting Room was to offer 100ml mini wine bottle samples (in prepackaged flight gift packs) of popular wines for consumers to “try before they buy.” TastingRoom.com have supposedly “initiated a partnership” with Lot18, a invite-only online wine store, who also seem to…

News January 31, 2012

Romance is Dead: The Demise of the Quarterly Review of Wines Magazine.

The Quarterly Review of Wines is calling it quits for its 145,000-circulation magazine after more than thirty years. “No one really wanted to go, but we all knew it was time,” said publisher/owner Richard Elia. The QRW has been checking out vintages and profiling winery owners since 1977. Elia decided it was time for last call because of an aging staff, declining ads and readership and an industry that’s not much fun to cover any…

News November 1, 2011

Wine on TV – Why it Won’t Work.

Do you ever wonder why there aren’t any TV shows (at least good ones) focused on wine? I do. Food seems to hog all the limelight, and has amassed its fair share of personalities: Gordon Ramsey, Emeril Lagasse, Paula Deen, Rachael Ray, Nigella Lawson, Delia Smith, Bobby Flay, Anthony Bourdain, and Jamie Oliver, to name just a few. Who does wine have? No-one. Seriously. No-one. But there has to be a reason why food is…

Reviews July 15, 2011

2009 Cazin Cour Cheverny Cuvee Renaissance

This article is part of Gary Vaynerchuk’s Feature from his Daily Grape website. Grape :100% Romorantin Rating: 90- Points Price: $16 MSRP Gary’s explanation why: Anyone who has watched my wine shows over the last 5+ years know that I’m constantly pushing people to try new and different wines. This wine may transcend that mission better than any other. Romorantin is an ancient varietal dating back to the 15th century, and François…

News June 16, 2011

Gary Vaynerchuk’s Daily Grape Feature – Poliziano Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2007

Wine: 2007 Poliziano Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Grape: 100% Sangiovese Score: 91 Points Price: $25 MSRP Gary’s explanation why: For all you longtime Italian fans out there, you very well know that about 10 years ago, Tuscan wines were as hot as Saved by the Bell. In the last few years, popularity has waned… not only are sales down, but prices have followed suit for many high end wines, especially in the Super Tuscan…

News May 19, 2011

Gary Vaynerchuk and his Daily Grape

I can only guess that the majority of people who navigate toward my humble little website (thanks by the way!) have never heard of Gary Vaynerchuk. Well, for starters that’s him in the picture. Spitting. Let me give you a very quick background on Gary: – Born in Belarus in 1975. – Immigrated to the U.S. in 1978, where he already started showing entrepreneurial tendencies trading baseball cards as a kid . – Gary’s father…

News April 9, 2011

This Week in Wine…

Trump buys Kluge winery operation for $6.2 million The Trump Organization, headed by business mogul and potential presidential candidate Donald Trump, bought the bulk of the Kluge Estate Winery & Vineyard at auction. So it seems that The Donald wants to get into winemaking! It’s nice to see that he wants to restore Kluge to its former glory, only time will tell how that works out for him! No word on whether he’s going…