…of their real estate investments and buy into the more credible U.S. currency. The WSJ reports that
In May last year, Argentine President Christina Kirchner strictly limited access to U.S. dollars and other foreign currencies in a bid to stem capital flight. With the Argentine peso facing about 25% annual inflation (government figures, widely discredited, set the rate much lower), and an unofficial exchange rate that has effectively devalued the peso sharply, demand is high for dollars. …
…that experts exist, and they seem to be saying that people like this wider emphasis on lifestyle. The WSJ article quotes a VP of marketing at Banana Republic (which is owned by the Gap) as saying that his company has started advertising again in Bon Appetit and the other food magazines, after not doing so for years during the recession, because the "fresh [new] format and content...caters to an audience that's broader than just recipe readers."
So, too, wine magazines …
…John Kapon ( Acker, Merrall); Jay McInerney ( WSJ); Doug Polaner (importer and distributor); Dennis Rosen ( State Liquor Authority).
In all, 145 votes were cast. I coded all vote-getters into industry subgroups. As a group, media came out on top with 35% of all votes. Sommeliers (and restaurateurs) came in next with 31% of all votes. Distributors and importers received 22% of the votes while retailers received a scant 7.5% collectively.
Slicing the numbers a bit more, …
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Jackson Family Wines, owner of Kendall-Jackson and LaCrema brands, among others, may be investing in Oregon's wine industry through a couple vineyard acquisitions in the region. Peter Bouman, real estate broker with Oregon Vineyard Property, told WSJ that Kendall-Jackson is closing soon on two vineyard properties in the Eola-Amity Hills, and possibly looking at a few additional properties. "This would be about a 1,500-acre play, of producing vineyard properties, if it all comes down," he says.
…Lisa Perotti-Brown, left the door open to current staff departures, telling the WSJ, "There is a plethora of good wine writers out there. It's a buyer's market." So did Galloni jump before he was pushed? The Wine Advocate has all the transparency of a papal conclave-and perhaps just as much smoke! Either way, I wish him the best with his new venture.
The Diner's Journal post did not comment on who would take over for his coverage areas the Wine Advocate…
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