The Uber-Wealthy's Wine Industry

By all accounts the upper end of the wine industry in the United States ($25+ per bottle) is in full recovery from the retraction that occurred in 2008-2010. -Retailers in metropolitan areas report much more robust sales -Auction houses are...

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25% Off 6 Bottles at vinodivino

With locations in Newton and Brookline, MA vinodivino is running a unique special. Their normal quantity discount structure offers a 5% discount on 6-11 bottles, 10% off a mixed case, and 15% off a straight case.

However through Saturday August 27th at 11:00 am they're offering 15% off 6+ bottles and if they sell 100 or more cases of wine total it's 25% off 6+ bottles. Click here to see details of the sale.

Assuming they'll get to the 25% range it's a pretty good deal. Here are some wines that caught my eye:

Further Reading: A Mystery Shopper-style review of vinodivino

Question of the Day: What wines catch your eye at vinodivino?


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Branding Tip: Gravatar

A big part of branding is consistency: making sure that when you leave comments and links around  the web, you do it in a way that creates a trail of similar information. When we consult new wineries who want to get online, we tell them to make a special folder that they keep on their [...]

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Domaine Pierre Usseglio

I frequently participate in press-wine tastings in Copenhagen. Normally its about tasting the recent vintage or vintages from a particular wine producer - maybe with one or two older vintages. Nothing wrong with that. Its always the latest vintage that is going on the shelves and where the need for good press is welcomed. But I [...]

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Singing Water Vineyards

  Our trip to a few weeks ago took us the little Hill Country town of Comfort, Tx Population 2,358 Singing Water was established in 1993 by Dick & Julie Holmberg. Loving the Texas Hill Country, they found a patch of land they could not pass up. Running through the property is Bruins creek. They […]

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Sara Foster Sara Spraker Sarah Gellman Sarah Michelle Gellar

Corn dogs: impossible food-wine pairing?!? [Iowa]

Ah, Iowa. Every four years, politicians stampede your county fairs, kissing babies, shaking hands and eating fried foods. This year provides the spectacle of a raft of socially conservative Republican contenders chowing down on foot-long corn dogs. Doesn’t the Bible say something about that? Anyway, let’s help them as only enophiles can: which wine would [...]

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