Because the wine industry needs muckrakers too—By Tom Wark
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One Wine and Spirits Wholesaler Has Become Too Big To Control
The farce that is alcohol regulation is on display in the CA Southern Glazer’s Investigation
Through my advocacy for wine consumers and in my role as Executive Director of the National Association of Wine Retailers, I have long been involv...
Wine and the Inventory of Captain Obvious
Folks who are paying less than $10 for a bottle of wine don’t give a shit about the grape varietals used, the vessel it was aged in, or the appellation of the grapes. They care about what the wine tastes like, and that should be the focus o...
Question Everything...Even the Change of a Single Word
The anti-alcohol contingent knows the impact of language.
Words matter.
You Can Find The Wine...But Can You Buy It?
The role of new tech in delivering new sales
Remember those “Where to Buy Our Wine” (WTBOW) or “Find Our Wine (FOW) links that used to show up at the bottom of every winery website? You’d click them and find a static list of retailers from...
Southern-Glazer’s and Bribery at the Wine Wholesale Tier
Let’s take account:
- -On September 11, the Federal government announced it had entered into a Non-Prosecution agreement with Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits and had assessed the largest wine and spirits distributor with a $12.5 million...
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Tom Wark is a media and public relations professional in the wine industry. Since 2004 he has published FERMENTATION, a source of commentary on the wine industry. Tom is a father, husband, brother, and friend. He lives in Salem, Oregon.
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