gdp's Comments

1 Wine Dude : Debunking the Argument Against Wine and Social Media

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:59:59 +0000

I'm too busy with speaking and thinking to take time to manicure my goatee. I am lucky that it's shape is refined only by good genes.

1 Wine Dude : The Otter Badgers of Wine Reviews: Joining the Wine Rating Revolution

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:00:11 +0000

Are you saying 250K wines deserve accolades? I can think of a few thousand this year that deserve distillation. This badge meme is fun, and great to starting a conversation, but really do we need more labels on bottles, virtual or otherwise, to confuse the consumer? If this were to work each blog would get at the most 1 badge. You recommend it or you don't, then at least you can see someone gives it a thumbs up. Yet even that would be doomed to fail, if we took the 1000+ blogs we're tracking at wineblogger.info and had each one with a badge the system becomes humorous. Most bloggers traffic is from search and when someone finds the rating or story with a badge, they either need to guess at what it means, or spend more time on the site looking for the explanation. Someone needs to register: winebadge.org or similar and give us a standard, that could maybe affect that sale of wine. If there was one set of badges with one explanation and bloggers were given a chance to callibrate to that system you might actually change something.

Catavino : Catavino Gets a New Look!

Mon, 2 Aug 2010 17:32:32 +0000

Great comments! thanks for the feedback! Little by little we'll get there!

Catavino : Catavino Gets a New Look!

Mon, 2 Aug 2010 10:26:16 +0000

I would be happy with the 7d too, just need to find a donor! :)

Catavino : What does it Take to Become an Expat Winemaker in Iberia?

Sun, 1 Aug 2010 00:27:48 +0000

Great article

Catavino - Services : Organic and Bio-Dynamic Wines: Good Practice and Good Marketing

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:32:37 +0000

yes it is a webinar, though the box is just for signing up and registering your interest...the thing goes live on the 29th!

Catavino - Services : Organic and Bio-Dynamic Wines: Good Practice and Good Marketing

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:24:03 +0000

Agreed. I personally am a bit befuddled and annoyed by all the names, and my intro tried to use as many as possible, more for the confusion than anything else. I do not understand the terms, nor do I believe in all of them, and many are not as you state even bothering due to the bureaucracy! That said, the opportunity the Burgundy School of Business offers is to discuss, and such we will. Who knows what will come of it...

1 Wine Dude : What Do YOU Wanna Talk About? (2010 Americas Wine Bloggers Conference)

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:52:03 +0000

collaboration.

Catavino - Services : Wine MBA Conference: Catavino Marketing Talks about Social Media and Wine

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:11:22 +0000

THank you and glad you enjoyed it!

Catavino : The Other Side of Catavino.net - Social Media Evangelism

Wed, 9 Jun 2010 09:44:34 +0000

thanks for the kind words...we're doing our best

Catavino : Get Your "Wine Fault" Out of My Glass: Misconceptions, Misnomers and Misadventures with Wine

Wed, 2 Jun 2010 09:16:25 +0000

THis blows my mind! We get on average 1 corked bottle per 20 wines we open. I have on our counter now about 5 bottles that we will dump. I used to get in my store about 1 a day, that were either returned or a sample that was corked. Low percentages considering the amount of wine we dealt with but none the less a lot of bottles. I think 5% is fair, though I know it's been higher in the past.

Catavino : Get Your "Wine Fault" Out of My Glass: Misconceptions, Misnomers and Misadventures with Wine

Wed, 2 Jun 2010 09:00:18 +0000

9 times out of 10 when I get a TCA tainted wine the cork looks perfect, the wine is beautiful and it smells/tastes like crap. What you describe is more like a loose cork or a wine that was heated in transit, and while it may have some wet cardboard notes, is probably not TCA as you say. There are tons of faults, the problem is though when the wine looks perfect and the wine tastes bad. Then the consumer is left wondering, or rather not, instead they assume the wine is not to their liking.

Catavino : Tell us What You Know about Rioja Wine?!

Thu, 13 May 2010 14:49:10 +0000

I believe your right! :( Chivite the name is only in Navarra buthttp://www.vinasalceda.com/ is a property of theirs in Rioja!

Catavino : Changing Behaviors and Admitting You Are Wrong - Life Lessons

Thu, 13 May 2010 14:48:42 +0000

all will be revealed soon! :)

Catavino : Dinner with the Douro boys - Assorted wines, and exciting discoveries

Thu, 6 May 2010 19:43:53 +0000

Nope, we love Sandra, great lady and winemaker. Sadly she couldn't make it to the tasting, and so she never was included! :) Next time though we hope to see her!

Catavino : The Spanish Cava that Saved the Party

Sat, 1 May 2010 08:27:28 +0000

Not sure where you smell the rat? I think any wine geek can be talked into a sparkling sauv blanc, I know I would be. I can assure you that Michael does not work for Albet i Noya, but rather had a fun experience finding that the Cava he had saved the day. Albet i Noya are well respected here and need no help promoting their wines. Your absolutely correct when you say "Just because a winemaker can makea sparkling wine it does not mean it is any good. Trust your palate....... not a wine sales person who pushes dodgy concoctions" But being a lover of wine I know I always seek out new and unknown wines... In fact I've had a few Sauvignon Blanc sparklers when I used to sell wine...need to do some research find out what they were.

Catavino : Experts Take on Possible Effects from Eyjafjallajökull on European Vineyards

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:21:57 +0000

No.

Catavino : Portuguese Wine Grape Vocabulary

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:59:23 +0000

You are correct, and I now found an error in or slight mistake in Jancis Robinson Guide to Wine Grapes. She mentions that Jaén Blanco is Avesso, and on the Avesso page references Jaén! Will make the change above! Thanks for catching that

Catavino : Iberian Links Around the Web for April, without the "Fools"

Tue, 6 Apr 2010 21:48:59 +0000

Thanks for the great comment! Bit by bit the word will spread! Thanks for helping us

Catavino : Restaurant Review: Cinc Sentits

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:55:06 +0000

Good point! Thanks for catching that!