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I pondered for a while about how best to start this blog post... "Tim Elliot, grandmaster of Wine 2.0 and godfather of wine podcasting, held what I refer to as the 'Sermon on the Mount' for wineries learning to embrace social media..." Nah, too religious. Some folks might not get the reference or (worse) might read too much into the reference. "Tim Elliot's social media seminars in Napa and Healdsburg were awesome!" Too obvious, and probably doesn't convey the true value of the conver… Continue

So, today I had the pleasure of interviewing Joel Vincent, (blogger and founder of OpenWineConsortium) on today's Wine Biz Radio (which I'm awaiting the radio station to release the recording so I can podcast it for all you lovely listeners out there). Joel was articulate and driven, which made it clear to me why he's leading the charge for the OWC and getting the word out. My poor buddy Kaz (who is the long-time co-host of the show, unlike me) is being dragged kicking and screaming (or more li… Continue

When the time comes to put together what someone would call a modern, state-of-the-art winery, why is it that paper is still the method of choice to capture operational measurements (that is, the data always associated with winemaking)? From notes jotted down about the ripeness of fruit on vineyards you contract with, or the actual tonnage received from a grower, to which tanks are getting what fruit and/or juice, to which barrels are storing what wine under which barrel program. The amount of p… Continue