Posts tagged Australia
How do wine customers in the US and U...
Published 17 June 2012
When writing a recent post about the UK launch of Lot18, the American-based wine merchant, I started wondering how UK consumers differ from their US equivalent.
Here’s a few facts I’ve discovered:
Grape Types
The most popular grape types aren’t symmetrical, but they are quite similar: Chardonnay ranks #1 in both countri [...]
2012 predictions
Published 8 January 2012
Only the brave would make predictions in such tumultuous times, but I’ve managed to find quite a few willing to put themselves on record for what they think 2012 will throw up.
I only have one: that the divide between wine brands who use social media and those who don’t will increase. That is, those currently using s [...]
Winemaker of the Year 2011
Published 8 December 2011
McGuigan wines: “Fancy lunch with Winemaker of the Year?”
David: “Er… yep.”
Before the lunch, McGuigan wines evoked thoughts of mass-produced trolley-fillers, made to deliver a fruity punch to the everyday drinker. So I thought that ‘Winemaker of the Year’ would be an award voted by the XFactor-voting public whose ma [...]