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With the ongoing debate about when and if the Wine Industry will return tonormal and put this Pandemic behind us—I offer the following opinion, “Not inmy lifetime!” My BLOG is focused on Wine Industry-related activities, but I believe what I amabout to offer applies to a potential future in general. ...

The recent announcement about UBER acquiring Drizly for stock and cash caught my attention the other day. Admittedly, before I saw this press release, I had not paid much attention to Drizly or their service in the alcoholic beverage space.However, I became curious when a friend and industry veteran called ...

In 2004, while CEO of The Henry Wine Group in California, I penned an editorial titled Leadership. With the void we have all experienced during COVID of this essential trait, I thought it might be a good time to review it and see if it was relevant today. I decided ...

In the fall of 2005, Wines & Vines Magazine asked me to author an Essay analyzing theconsolidation in the Wine Industry and the effect the then-recent Supreme Court ruling allowingInterstate shipping of wine to consumers would have on the industry's distribution tier. At the time, my answer was simple: "nothing ...

Webster defines the term Relevant in this way, bearing upon or connected with the matter at hand. Pertinent. Conversely, it describes irrelevant as; not applicable or pertinent. Looking into the unknown future we all face today in the business world; I believe it is time to revisit the concept of ...

All of us in the wine business are seeing a dramatic increase in wine sales direct to consumers throughout the country, fueled by the new reality brought on by COVID-19. The big question: Will it continue at this pace? My answer: the continued efforts by the forces (read: WSWA and ...