Archive for February, 2008

February 27th 2008

US wine market has a few clouds looming - Western Farm Press


US wine market has a few clouds looming
Western Farm Press - 9 hours ago
Clogged distribution channels are creating consumer direct marketing, like the explosion of wine clubs and wine bars. For a while it was the catchy wine

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February 27th 2008

In This Week’s Observer …

New York Observer - A messy land deal punctuates the rift between Gregory Peck and Matt Moss , the developers of the boutique Cooper Square Hotel. Foodies Paul Grieco and Marco Canora uncork the economics of New York wine bars.

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February 26th 2008

SCENE: Fresh Taps - San Francisco Bay Guardian

SCENE: Fresh Taps
San Francisco Bay Guardian, CA - Feb 26, 2008
(Camper English; www.alcademics.com) Soon, it seems, there’ll be as many wine bars in San Francisco as coffee shops. Most new wine bars are not bars at all,

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February 26th 2008

Got Vino? Try the Village’s Gottino! - Village Voice


Got Vino? Try the Village’s Gottino!
Village Voice, NY - 22 hours ago
While this markup is average as far as wine bars go, it’s still punitive where serious wine drinkers are concerned, forcing them to sip glasses when they

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February 26th 2008

Jonathan Guthrie: We feel broke, but not for a lack of money

Financial Times - Let a harmonica player quaver a blues for the British bourgeoisie, which has fallen on hard times. Tumbleweed is rolling down a Henley street past boarded-up wine bars and antique shops. On the evening train back to Tunbridge Wells, solicitors slump …

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February 26th 2008

Frisson chef heading to Anchor & Hope - San Francisco Chronicle


Frisson chef heading to Anchor & Hope
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 1 hour ago
With the Oxbow Public Market, new hotels, including a Ritz-Carlton, new wine bars and tasting rooms, “The whole corridor along Main Street is really a hot

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February 26th 2008

A New Workforce is Brewing - Wi-Fi Planet


A New Workforce is Brewing
Wi-Fi Planet, CT - 5 hours ago
Today, Abramson still works virtually, relying mainly on Wi-Fi networks in cafés, hotel lobbies, airline clubs, and even wine bars, to run his marketing

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February 25th 2008

Got Vino? Try the Village’s Gottino!

Village Voice - Acres of exposed brick and basketfuls of foodstuffs—beige walnuts, orange quinces, flattened cipollina onions—establish the rustic agrarian tone we’ve come to expect from wine bars, making you feel like Red Riding Hood on a visit to Granny’s house

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February 25th 2008

More bites, more benders: This week’s eating and drinking events - Time Out Chicago



Time Out Chicago
More bites, more benders: This week’s eating and drinking events
Time Out Chicago, IL - 40 minutes ago
(939 W Madison St, 312-850-2426) Juicy Wine Co., one of our favorite wine bars, will kick off its new weekend brunch today, serving all the classics (and

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February 25th 2008

Barbara Walters is coming to Portsmouth

Portsmouth Herald - The Music Hall is at the heart of Portsmouth’s eclectic and artsy downtown shopping district which offers a rich variety of restaurants, pubs, wine bars, and cafés.

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