Each month, our staff takes a break to think about which of the many great food, beverage and lifestyle stories of the month caught our attention and are worth sharing.
If You Have Sold Wine Through A Distributor, You Have Been On The Blind Date “Ride With”
Disclaimer: this rant will only be meaningful to industry insiders. However, it’s one of the best examples of why selling wine in the United States is one of the strangest, most archaic, socially awkward, humiliating and straight up funny experiences anyone can have while trying to build a wine brand.
The #Sweet16 Seduction Wines for Valentine's Day
Here at Charles Communications, we obviously talk about wine, a lot. But when thinking hard about what it is in a wine that draws us (and others) to a glass of the stuff, it didn't take long to realize that each of us are intrigued, no, enticed by a different characteristics of some seductive wines.
I Wish It Were 1981… How Technology Changed And Continues To Change My Life
When I went to college, computers were an afterthought and computer science was a major for the geeks (yes, I was an accounting major... much cooler). Most people took a programming class in their first couple of years and there were two main programming languages you could choose from: COBOL or FORTRAN.
Brazilian Carnival: Bringing the Giant (Back) to Life
Some say the year only really begins in Brazil after Carnival, and I dare say that they are right. Imagine a patient whose heart suddenly stopped beating out of exhaustion. That’s Brazil right after the insane New Year’s parties. Doctors rush into the room and the anticipation builds itself while the defibrillator is charging. That’s January, the month of barely any actions and lots of anticipation.
Alcoholic Beverage Regulation: Legislators Gone Wild
Part and parcel of rescinding the 19th amendment was allowing the individual states the authority to create their own regulations around the distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages. Never underestimate the ability of government entities to create a labyrinth of byzantine laws designed to modify individual behavior.