Jun 14, 2011
What’s wrong with the wine trade?
The basic idea for this post first popped into my head while sitting in an industry briefing at this year’s London International Wine Fair. The briefing was titled ‘It is the best of times, it is the worst of times’ and included a panel of UK industry experts who aired their views on the current situation in the market. The panel was made up of some seasoned wine industry heavyweights.... read more
Jun 8, 2011
One of the things that you often hear from wine marketers and salespeople is that wines that are available on the high street are very difficult to sell to restaurants. The reason cited is usually that the patrons are not willing to pay the markup that restaurants place on bottles (which can be upwards of 300% at times) if they can compare the price to their local Sainsbury’s, Tesco or Waitrose....
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Wine prices: retail vs restaurant
Mar 31, 2011
What do you do when a bottle of wine that you have purchased is corked or has some fault? Do we ever return corked wine to stores? The cork vs screw cap debate is one of the most passionately pursued points amongst wine lovers, writers and producers. The pro-cork lobby along with all of its PR, press releases and nifty videos is one of the most aggressive attempts to influence consumer opinion that I have...
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Returning corked wine
Feb 23, 2011
The annual pilgrimage for South African creatives, the Design Indaba, is currently being held in Cape Town. One of the comments that I noticed from Cherryflava on Twitter was about the increasing demands being placed on the design industry to try and solve societal issues. This also extends to business and marketing issues in highly competitive industries. The design industry has evolved far beyond pretty...
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Tesco in search of a great design innovation
Dec 16, 2010
Last night I was looking forward to seeing Lord Sugar give Herr Baggs the boot on the Apprentice, having become quite enthralled in the season. So when browsing through my local Tesco I decided to go for the easy option of their £10 meal for two. The food was actually pretty good and the David Brent doppelgänger Stuart Baggs finally got a bit of Lord Sugar’s sweetness. A good result all around...
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A tasty white from Argentina
