Your wine shop is covered for peacock intrusion, right? [level-members] Sounds like a joke, right. Well it’s certainly kind of funny, until you realize that there was apparently $500 in damage from the peahen’s seeminly innocent visit to a California wine shop. Read the full article and view the video here. All kidding […]
Archive for June, 2017
Insurance Coverage and a Strict No-Peacock Poli
June 13th, 2017Wine Industry News for June 12, 20
June 12th, 2017Good times, bad times in the US wine business, though problems here pale in comparison to those in Bordeaux and Chile. [level-members] Times are pretty good for the US wine market, but trouble awaits in all direction. Including possible labor shortages as the current administration’s immigration policies become more clear. If that’s not bad enough, […]
Food & Wine Pairing: Assyrtiko and Tuna “Cream̶
June 9th, 2017“Cream” is in parenthesis since it seems to us to be a British colloquialism for something akin to our tuna salad. [level-members] Regardless, it’s a delicious and easy afternoon repast that goes exceedingly well with something off the beaten path: Greek Assyrtiko. Here’s the recipe: Lemons Filled with Tuna Cream. And here’s a nice bit […]
Wine Stories Worth Sharing – June 8, 20
June 8th, 2017Our weekly roundup of wine stories worth sharing with your social media followers, email subscribers, and even the actual, real live people who walk into your wine shop. This week, ghost vines in South Africa, restaurant wine etiquette, and Bordeaux among the mop buckets. [level-members] This story is too good not to share, even though […]
Building Your Wine Shop’s Email Marketing Li
June 7th, 2017Yes, our inboxes are as crowded as ever, but this classic from the GSM archives underscores how foundational email marketing is to your overall wine shop marketing. [level-members] This week’s Marketing Tip O’ the Week is about as simple as they get: Build your email list! One of the easiest ways to do this is to […]
Wine and Politics – (A GSM Classi
June 6th, 2017As we learn that normal people – meaning people not in the Washington, DC bubble – are rescheduling meetings and arranging viewing parties for James Comey’s testimony later this week, I’m reminded of an old GSM post. It got a lot of traffic when it first ran, and seems even more timely now.[level-members] Do wine […]
Wine Industry News – June 5, 20
June 5th, 2017Pesticide problems in Texas, Grape shortages and pen-name problems for Champagne, Italian wine on the Baltic, and 3D printing from an unlikely source. [level-members] More natural wine converts in the making? Wine growers in Texas are concerned that a pesticide could hamper their efforts at establishing the area as a bone fide wine region. Champagne, […]
Food & Wine Pairing: Rosé and Grilled Fo
June 2nd, 2017It’s grilling season, so we keep coming back to wines that pair well with grilled foods. Surprisingly for many, rosé isn’t just for sipping poolside. It pairs with a wide range of foods. [level-members] While you may already be developing “pink-fatigue,” the rosé train seems to still be picking up speed. And while that inevitably […]
Wine Stories Worth Sharing – June 1, 20
June 1st, 2017A reality check on claims of wine’s health benefits, secrets to ordering great wine, and stories about fighting counterfeit wines and ways to decapsulate your wine. I’m not even sure that’s a word … [level-members] The old “correlation is not causation” problem: it may not be the case that a glass of wine with dinner […]