tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post1488258285198320595..comments2024-03-18T04:47:16.199-07:00Comments on The Gray Report: Wine tasting in Napa Valley is like taking an international flightW. Blake Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-16242080383002096202018-06-27T10:52:43.111-07:002018-06-27T10:52:43.111-07:00Can you possibly work-in frisbee throwing into a w...Can you possibly work-in frisbee throwing into a wine article, or perhaps drinking a merlot on the Nikkei trading floor? Be in touch, my old friend. Email limked to this I assume.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11245584111077704892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-45817305525406319672018-03-09T14:22:46.305-08:002018-03-09T14:22:46.305-08:00Having read Conaway’s books, and been a fairly reg...Having read Conaway’s books, and been a fairly regular visitor to Napa & Sonoma over the last few decades. I can certainly understand why those of us in coach would be seething with anger. My last visit to Napa was early fall of 2016. The place is a zoo. We stayed in Yountville and took the backroads to the Silverado Trail to avoid the insanity of 29 when we could. The tastings are crowded jnkowenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241293455429717060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-51213538574814775262018-03-07T00:38:59.249-08:002018-03-07T00:38:59.249-08:00Bob R. and Miquel and John and Blake:
Back in 197...Bob R. and Miquel and John and Blake:<br /><br />Back in 1971, Northwestern Business School professors Philip Kotler & Sidney J. Levy published an article in the Harvard Business Review titled "Demarketing, yes demarketing."<br /><br />It presciently addressed issues of excess demand for products and services in limited supply, through "shaping" the demand curve via "Bob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089688073031173053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-725436654361329122018-03-06T16:54:39.394-08:002018-03-06T16:54:39.394-08:00Bob,
Don't give up on California just because...Bob, <br />Don't give up on California just because Napa and Sonoma have become touristy and overpriced. There are many other wine countries in California producing good/very good wines at reasonable prices where you can still meet the owners or winemakers behind the bar. The Sierra Foothills, especially Amador and El Dorado counties, Paso Robles, Mendocino, et al. <br /><br />Great article grape growerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02838105664257779624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-76733564702292481852018-03-06T12:53:45.799-08:002018-03-06T12:53:45.799-08:00Another brilliant article - thanks! We moved to Na...Another brilliant article - thanks! We moved to Napa in 2014, write a wine blog, and import wine, so I guess we are in business class as well. It is a fascinating Valley to live in - such class divide overall, not just with wine consumers. There are the "old time" people in Napa who can't afford Torc, or Le Toque, or Charlie Palmer, or even La Taberna or Tarla. For them, the "Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00262699884599576896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-65260167383800709002018-03-05T10:08:46.290-08:002018-03-05T10:08:46.290-08:00That was a damned fine lunch at CIA, wasn't it...That was a damned fine lunch at CIA, wasn't it? Randomly met a few new people even though I was just digging in to tasty vittles.<br /><br />On my past week in Napa, there was something unique about it in that I've never spent the night in Napa before and then I spent 7! It was readily clear that infrastructure needs to be addressed. Ideally some light rail to shuttle the hordes up and Zzzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194540731851325282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-67950134715420503332018-03-05T06:32:31.309-08:002018-03-05T06:32:31.309-08:00I'm really glad that I got to spend time in Na...I'm really glad that I got to spend time in Napa Valley before it became totally overrun and upscale. My wife and I first started going there around 35 years ago, and continued to go to both Napa and Sonoma for several years. When we first went there was no charge for tasting anywhere, except I believe Beringer if you wanted to taste their high-end wines. After awhile we spent most of our Bob Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349830722788278723noreply@blogger.com