Category Archives: Wine

The Barefoot Spirit: How Two People Who Knew Nothing Built America’s No. 1 Wine Brand

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Joel Whitaker

The problem with most business books is that they are unrealistic. If the authors are management consultants, they slap a catchy label on some simple concept and promote it as an astounding breakthrough though; think Tom Peters’ In Pursuit of … Continue reading →

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Wine and the Rebirth of Niagara Falls: He Won the Indy Prize, and She Got a Vineyard

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Joel Whitaker

It wasn’t exactly your normal marital spat. Still, there was some disagreement. Duncan Ross was working in IT and wanted a winery “when we retire.” His wife, Robin, had grown up on a Youngstown, N.Y., farm and knew how much … Continue reading →

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At Niagara’s Freedom Run Winery, Production and Education Meet

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Joel Whitaker

A short distance up the road from Eveningsong Vineyard, profiled yesterday, is Freedom Run Winery, where Kurt Guba, a former actor turned sommelier and cellar master, presides over the winemaking process. Born in the whaling town of New Bedford, trained … Continue reading →

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Not Far from Niagara Falls, Wineries Abound

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Joel Whitaker

Niagara County, N.Y., used to be a big manufacturing center in the U.S. But with the collapse of U.S. manufacturing over the past three decades, manufacturing has moved way down in the rankings. What’s No. 1? Agriculture. What’s No. 2? … Continue reading →

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Truett-Hurst Seeks 1,000 Tons of Fruit

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Joel Whitaker

Truett-Hurst, Healdsburg, Calif., said it needs more fruit — a lot more fruit. That’s because its business has exploded: — In the last three months, it has been awarded 13 new exclusive brand agreements, almost all for the company’s super-premium … Continue reading →

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California Gets Rain, More on the Way

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Joel Whitaker

You knew the stock market was right on the verge of turning around when BusinessWeek ran a cover story on Aug. 13, 1979, with the title, “The Death of Equities.”  You knew it again when Bill Gross, whom The Wall … Continue reading →

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