I’d write more .. but heck .. I’m out the door ô¿~

Let me first say this is one of the best posts I’ve ever encountered in my short lived ‘wine career’ exploits. The history, tonality of your thoughts and subsequent comments truly encompass an angle of the wine industry which is generally of little interest to that of people like me, the absolute normal consumer in today’s wine market. Heck, I might be less than a normal consumer frankly, due to economic constraints.

As an actual part of the Murphy-Goode experiment (as it was so-called above), my personal focus and goals at present (should I be blessed with a position) is exactly to translate all that this post and comments mean to you folks in a language tomorrows wine enthusiasts can get with. However, just as I’ve blogged about and truly believe, the next generation wine drinkers are not age contingent by any means. Rather, ANYONE who engages in wine culture for the first time or beyond social events. It’s never too late nor too ‘early’, with proper supervision of course to find a love and understanding for wine. Just as in Europe (I’m a German/American citizen) pre-teen folks learn about and drink wine in family settings and associate wine with such experiences growing up. It’s a wonderful introduction to what they will likely continue doing responsibly the rest of their lives, passing it down along the way. I’ve seen it numerable times first hand.

In general, I’m much more aligned with Dylan’s comment “This 23 year old would care to hear about those stories as long as they were told by a good story-teller. ” I myself felt a tad alienated by your post to some degree, if for no other reason than being black and clearly having no direct history with which I might relate with as a modern consumer. Nonetheless, it was how it was back then and it is now how it is. Introducing Wine 2.0.

Wineries clearly need to broaden their markets in order to remain competitive and the all important consumer is more important now than ever. That’s where guys like me come into the picture. And we shouldn’t need to go it alone, that’s for sure. We’re Pop, Rock & Hip Hop and you guys are Classical, if that makes any sense to you. (If not, there’s a first hurdle, ha!) Personally, I welcome all of your insights and would be honored having any of you contribute to my social ramblings should I be fortunate enough to find a job offering them within this industry. I hope and pray so. Don’t hesitate contacting me. Mine is a positive world meant to Edu-tain.

Again, brilliant perspectives and thanks for a great post. I learned a lot and will certainly borrow some of your knowledge and words to share with Generation “G”.

Thanks for reading!
Kamary

And for what it’s worth, despite the new voices and new venues and opportunities to communicate, there still is something to be said for the work of an honest broker PR person, someone who has some institutional knowledge, the ability to pitch a story to a writer, and the skill of composing an interesting press release.

Communicating isn’t all about just 147 twitter characters.

GREAT post.

Tom…

Not re wine but re the Iran elections. Tons happening and this morning the Iranian vote council agreed to a 180 degree turnaround and will recount votes being contested. BBC says go to twitter#iranelection, apparently/naturally there are competing #s. In Farsi and English, primarily.

So, other than twittaste sessions I remain skeptical re Twitter and wine, but it seems to do a good job at sparking what some are calling the first net revolution.
(That, of course, remains to be seen.)