Sonoma Wine Group changing the wine industry
In the past, a certain stereotype attached itself to wine drinkers,
creating an unfortunate perception of wine as an elitist drink for
special occasions. Serious wine drinkers had a reputation of throwing
fancy words around and looking down...
Need wine? Just call the beer guy
When wine recently surpassed beer as America’s alcoholic beverage of
choice, it caught many by surprise – including many in the wine
industry. How would wine and spirits distributors manage to service restaurants,
hotels and...
Beer Man Brings Wine to the Masses
It’s
Official. A Gallup Poll in July 2005 shows that, for the first
time, more Americans prefer wine than beer. Wine pulled in 39 percent
of the vote for favorite alcoholic beverage followed by beer at 36
percent...
Beer industry veteran mixes it up
Kurt Krause knows more than a little about beer. For 35 years, he as
worked within all aspects of the beverage and beer distribution
industry – importing and marketing beer, introducing new microbrews
into mainstream retail chains...
Sonoma Wine Group ensures quality with QualitySeal™
Every wine drinker has encountered it at least once: the discolored,
off-smelling, crumbling cork. Or how about the cork that breaks off
and drowns in the bottle? Not even the new plastic plugs solve every problem...
Changing the way we drink wine
Rich with romance and tradition, winemaking is
much an art as it is a science. In growing numbers, winemakers
are recognizing that – for the sake of art and science – the screw cap,
not the cork, is the key to creating the purest wines...
