by Jo Diaz | Mar 25, 2020 | COVID-19, Wine, Wine Business, Wine Business Innovation, Wine Health, Wine Innovation, Wine Legislation
Making lemonade from lemons, during Covin-19… This may be a state by state legalization issue. In North Carolina, Raffaldini Vineyards & Winery is now offering this way of purchasing wine. It does put cars on the road, so there may even be road blocks along...
by Jo Diaz | Apr 23, 2018 | Biodynamic, Organic, Organization, Wine, Wine Appreciation, Wine Business, Wine Culture, Wine Ed, Wine Education, Wine Legislation
You are what you eat AND DRINK… Why have we missed stating the obvious DRINK part for so long? As you think about this question, consider where we’d be today, if – in the 60s – we would have chanted this concept, with “drink” also...
by Jo Diaz | Dec 19, 2013 | Marketing, Wine, Wine Business, Wine Legislation, Wine Magazine, Wine Sales
Thanks, Wine Enthusiast Magazine for making shipping wine in the US no longer a nightmare for understanding. This info graphic changes that constant and complicated moving target, with the easiest way to figure this out EVER. Jose and I have helped so many clients as...
by Jo Diaz | Dec 21, 2011 | Oregon, Oregon Pinot Gris Group, Pinot Gris, Wine, Wine Business, Wine Legislation, Winemaker
Oregon needs to stay focused on how to build its wine industry, in my humble opinion. Below is a conversation that went back and forth with a vintner. It’s always interesting to hear an objection, because it’s insightful. What I saw from the objection is...
by Jo Diaz | Jun 25, 2010 | Wine, Wine Business, Wine Legislation
Beyond Bill HR 5034 being passed… As I was about to dive into page 37 of Sondra Barrett’s Wine’s Hidden Beauty, I read the follow title and entrance to the sentence… And began to ponder. Sondra wrote: The Critics A great controversy brews in...
by Jo Diaz | Mar 19, 2010 | Wine, Wine Business, Wine Legislation
Yesterday, I was struck by how much money is being spent on lobbyists in the wine and spirits industry. I just knew something was fishy in Denmark. Here’s what I wrote in my final analysis, after I listed all the money and who is spending it: When you click on...
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