Wine News
Bottle Deposits Are a Tax
Most people, especially men, who grew up in the 50’s remember looking for soft drink bottles on roadsides and at neighbors. Do you remember those days? Why you ask? Because they would be redeemed at the local grocery store for $0.02 each and larger bottles were worth $0.05 each. It would not be unusual for a [...]
Concrete and Wine Are Simpatico
About a year ago I wrote a story about Delia Viader of Viader Wines in Napa. I was drawn to her story because of her passion for wine, the fact that she started from scratch and she was very innovative. It did not hurt that she is a very successful winemaker. One of her innovations [...]
Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak AVE Is Here
Celebrate a new AVA in Sonoma Wine Country-Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak AVA
So your thinking about getting into the wine business!
Quote: “Who never drinks wine is a lamb, who drinks properly, is a lion, who drinks too much is a pig.” – from an inscription on an ancient Roman winery ruins discovered in southern Italy. I started my career in the travel business at Trans World Airlines selling incentive programs and corporate meetings. Along the [...]
New Image of Wine Aerator-VIDEO
New electronic aerator from Image of Wine
AVA’s-This may amaze you…
AVA’s–need to know? Background: The shot (figuratively) heard round the world in 1976 was the Paris Tasting, the event sponsored, of all things, by an Englishman. I have always used this date as a benchmark date for great wines in America. So, the red and white wines that were winners at the Paris tasting came [...]
What wine with what food…Personally, I don’t care but some do!
I received a piece of mail today from “American Wine Cellars” that layed out logically and very simply…The Pairings. 1. Heavy meals generally call for full-bodied wines, and light meals call for light-bodied wines. 2. Fatty meals tend to go well with acidic reds. 3. Salty foods work well with acidic whites. 4. Spicy foods are [...]
New Corporate Branding or Gift/Favor Idea
Image of Wine has developed a high-end Wine Bottle Stopper that is the ultimate in branding/identity options for companies and large private events. The imbedded medallion is individually designed of solid metalsthat are inlayed into the top crown of our line of specially designed bottle stoppers. These medallions are manufactured using the same process of stamping as used by the US [...]
When The Rivers Ran Red-Wine Country History
“When The Rivers Ran Red” now out in paperback from Macmillan Publishing. Author-Vivienne Sosnowski who lives in Wine Country.l
If you like Wine Country, a must read is coming Sept. 14th
Our parent site, www.symtrekpartners.comhas just posted a “People” story about Vivienne Sosnowski. She is the author of: When The Rivers Ran Red and she lives in Sonoma County. When The Rivers Ran Red takes the reader from the first vineyards in Northern California through Prohibition. Vivienne’s book will be out in paperback September 14th. The book is a [...]