Archive for the ‘Data’ Category
Market Research Explains Kendall-Jackson Chardonnay
February 21st, 2011 by Tom Johnson
In a publicity survey conducted before Valentine’s Day, Apothic Red uncovered data that explains what is, to me, one of wine’s enduring mysteries: the ubiquity of K-J Chardonnay. Nearly half of men (44%) agreed that knowing how to choose a wine is important upon a first meeting. A majority of people (79%) feel that pretending to [...]
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Impossible
February 17th, 2011 by Tom Johnson
Research shows Canadians are drinking more.
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Evidence That the Chinese Wine Market is Peaking
December 9th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
Andrew Lloyd Webber is auctioning off part of his apparently extensive wine cellar. Included in the auction are 20 cases of Mouton, 10 cases of Lafite, and a couple of magnums of DRC. Lloyd Webber does this every now and then, taking advantage of spikes in wine prices. He has, in the past, held the [...]
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The Rhythm of Sparkling Wine
December 8th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
This is an old chart, three years out of date, but I’m sure the trend holds true today. Marking sparkling wine sales by quarter, it’s easy to see that nearly half of all sparkling wine sales take place around the holidays. I’m working on my own chart. It will plot the number of sparkling wine [...]
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Grumpy Old Men
November 23rd, 2010 by Tom Johnson
In Tom Wark’s annual American Wine Writer’s Survey, we learn that most wine writers are men over the age of 50. We also learn that wine writers working in print don’t, in general, like or respect bloggers. In fact, in identifying the greatest threats to professional wine writing, the wine writers surveyed zeroed in on three: the [...]
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Wine Spectator Top 100: Evidence of a Recovering Economy
November 16th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
For what it’s worth, the average price of the wine on Wine Spectator’s Top 100 list for 2010 is $48. That’s up $8 from last year’s austerity list. The 2008 average was $52, so we’ve still got a way to go to recapture the good old days when bubbly described not just a type of [...]
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Zeitgeist Report: Chilean Wines
October 15th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
With more than a billion people worldwide watching the rescue of Chilean miners and feeling really good about a country not many usually think about, it is not surprising to note that Chilean wine sales are up substantially. Chi-chi-chi! Le-le-le!
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Campaign Update
October 8th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
Cindy Hensley McCain, who is married to Senator John McCain, is getting into the wine business. Beer distributor Hensley Beverage Co. has diversified into the wine business with the acquisition of Quench Fine Wines Ltd. of Phoenix. The sales price was not disclosed. Seven-year-old Quench is a top boutique distributor, representing about 1,000 varieties produced by [...]
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White Zin Continues to Conquer the World
August 17th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
The Polish are drinking more wine than vodka: “Wine consumption is increasing and will probably carry on increasing,” said Professor Ryszard Cichocki, a sociologist from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. “We have better houses, nicer cars, and so we drink differently. We drink better things.” Those better things apparently include White Zinfandel. According to [...]
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Merchant of Fear
August 4th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
As long as we’re fact-checking the ridiculous debate over the even-more-ridiculous HR 5034, let’s have a quick glimpse at the Congressional testimony of Pamela S. Erickson. She’s put forward as a credible source of information in favor of HR 5034, a former Executive Director of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission and current CEO of Public [...]
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