The Pleasure of Bordeaux
I like the magazine feel of The Pleasure of Bordeaux website, I do wish the magazine was available in the United States, but it is interesting to contrast the Bordeaux marketing campaign in the UK versus the US.

Gary Vaynerchuk Video from
This is the video I mentioned the other day. Its 25 minutes, but worth watching. I think he is wrong on some points, but they do merit discussion.

Wineries and Social Media Part I
Rebecca Gibb has an article in Decanter discussing a talk Gary Vaynerchuck gave last week at Winefuture basically saying winemakers should be more involved in social media. From the article:Gary Vaynerchuk, the relentless host of of US Wine Library TV, told the Winefuture conference in Rioja that wine producers are 'lazy', leaving retailers to talk to their consumers rather than doing it

Hunters Run Wine Tasting Barn
The great people at the Hunters Run Wine Tasting Barn have set up their website. They even have a quote on the page from some random Virginia wine blogger....who will remain nameless :)

How well do you know Terroir?
I've talked about the concept of terroir before. Terroir is a French term that describes how environmental factors -- such as climate, soil and methods of farming -- influence grapes and create a unique, regional, signature for different grapes. This translates to the same grape often producing very different wines depending on the region.Here is a fun little game. Below are pictures of three