News and Press:

Miscellaneous quotes and facts

I spoke at the Petite Sirah conference at Foppiano Vineyards, on the topic of Petite Sirah supply and consumer perceptions. http://www.wine-blog.org/?p=156   This conference is organized annually by Foppiano and Diaz Communications for the P.S. I Love You trade organization, dedicated to educating trade and consumers about the unique qualities of Petite Sirah as a varietal. For more information, check http://www.psiloveyou.org/index.php . Incidentally, members have access to my charts and data from the conference.

Mary Baker at Dover Canyon always has interesting things to say about the wine business, so I'm pleased to be cited on her blog here: http://dovercanyon.typepad.com/dover_canyon/2007/06/make-benefit-gl.html 

My comments in Wine Business Monthly on the new wave of 3L box business can be found here: http://www.winebusiness.com/ReferenceLibrary/webarticle.cfm?dataId=47589 

Rich Cartiere's Wine Market Report covered the release of CoreTrack #4, highlighting the findings on global warming and consumer perceptions of Napa's "Old Guard" vs. the top new cult wines. For more information check out www.winemarketreport.com.

Tom Wark's Wine Blog has some nice things to say about our Zinfandel research: http://fermentation.typepad.com/fermentation/2006/11/the_zinfandel_s.html 

Cited by the Petite Sirah Advocacy Organization:  http://www.psiloveyou.org/president.php

Zinfandel sales trends analyzed in Wine Business Monthly: http://www.winebusiness.com/ReferenceLibrary/webarticle.cfm?dataId=45727

http://www.restaurantnewsresource.com/article22576-Women_and_Wine__What_do_they_Really_Want__Statistical_Data_Defies__Pink_Marketing_.html Restaurant News article about gender differences in wine drinking

http://www.zinfandel.org/about_zap/news/pr_fgr_0406.htm - fun facts about Zinfandel from Full Glass Research

http://www.decanter.com/news/72611.html - Decanter article on Wine Opinions survey on Parker and Spectator influence

See http://www.winebusiness.com/SalesMarketing/webarticle.cfm?dataId=42978 for commentary on Merlot issues, both from a consumer research and sales analysis point of view.

Impact of the Wine Industry in Oregon - Full Glass Research researched and measured the economic impact of all levels of the wine industry in Oregon. For further details, contact the Oregon Wine Board via www.oregonwine.org. Some of the press coverage can be found at the following links:

http://www.registerguard.com/news/2006/02/01/b1.bz.wine.0201.p1.php?section=business

http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/business/1138767914193250.xml?oregonian?fng&coll=7&thispage=1

http://www.decanter.com/news/74672.html