http://specialtywineretailers.org/blog Thu, 17 May 2012 08:59:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://specialtywineretailers.org/blog/2012/05/10/wine-retailer-news-the-reality-of-on-line-sales-to-minors/#comment-555 A Reader Fri, 11 May 2012 16:39:21 +0000 http://specialtywineretailers.org/blog/2012/05/10/wine-retailer-news-the-reality-of-on-line-sales-to-minors/#comment-555 Has it occurred to you that “Online” is not on the list of youth's sources of alcohol because it wasn't included as an option on the survey? National government and research surveys of youth's sources of alcohol to date have not included Internet as an option. If you don't ask it, they can't answer it. This doesn't mean that minors don't buy alcohol online. A 2006 survey funded by the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America found that 2% of US Teens (551,000) reported having bought online, and 12% (3.1 million) reported having a friend who'd bought online. Given the funding source, the WSWA study MAY be biased, but it does show that CLEARLY minors ARE buying online. Has it occurred to you that “Online” is not on the list of youth’s sources of alcohol because it wasn’t included as an option on the survey? National government and research surveys of youth’s sources of alcohol to date have not included Internet as an option. If you don’t ask it, they can’t answer it. This doesn’t mean that minors don’t buy alcohol online. A 2006 survey funded by the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America found that 2% of US Teens (551,000) reported having bought online, and 12% (3.1 million) reported having a friend who’d bought online. Given the funding source, the WSWA study MAY be biased, but it does show that CLEARLY minors ARE buying online.

]]> http://specialtywineretailers.org/blog/2012/05/03/wine-retailer-news-stabbing-your-best-customer-in-the-back/#comment-552 Matt Sat, 05 May 2012 11:02:08 +0000 http://specialtywineretailers.org/blog/2012/05/03/wine-retailer-news-stabbing-your-best-customer-in-the-back/#comment-552 Wolf also refers to the UK market and points to its binge-drinking louts as a reason for tighter regulation in the US wine market... ah yes, the number of times I've been out with my Pinot Noir swigging buddies looking for trouble on a Saturday night... pitched battles in the street with the Cabernet Crew from the next town... not to mention the police no-go zones around Brixton and Toxteth where the unemployed, disaffected youth drink Syrah till their teeth turn purple, then rob convenience stores to fund their Camembert habit. Wolf also refers to the UK market and points to its binge-drinking louts as a reason for tighter regulation in the US wine market… ah yes, the number of times I’ve been out with my Pinot Noir swigging buddies looking for trouble on a Saturday night… pitched battles in the street with the Cabernet Crew from the next town… not to mention the police no-go zones around Brixton and Toxteth where the unemployed, disaffected youth drink Syrah till their teeth turn purple, then rob convenience stores to fund their Camembert habit.

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]]> http://specialtywineretailers.org/blog/2012/05/03/wine-retailer-news-stabbing-your-best-customer-in-the-back/#comment-549 John Fri, 04 May 2012 15:40:36 +0000 http://specialtywineretailers.org/blog/2012/05/03/wine-retailer-news-stabbing-your-best-customer-in-the-back/#comment-549 Open mouth, insert big purple foot, this man is a sheep in wolf's clothing... Open mouth, insert big purple foot, this man is a sheep in wolf’s clothing…

]]> http://specialtywineretailers.org/blog/2012/05/03/wine-retailer-news-stabbing-your-best-customer-in-the-back/#comment-548 Don Fri, 04 May 2012 15:20:47 +0000 http://specialtywineretailers.org/blog/2012/05/03/wine-retailer-news-stabbing-your-best-customer-in-the-back/#comment-548 Excuse me if I am wrong, but, the new retailer-to-consumer law, doesn't change how retailers are supposed to obtain wine to begin with. So, what the heck is Wolf complaining about? If retailers still have to obtain wine from wholesalers, I am intrigued by what am I missing from this picture? Excuse me if I am wrong, but, the new retailer-to-consumer law, doesn’t change how retailers are supposed to obtain wine to begin with. So, what the heck is Wolf complaining about? If retailers still have to obtain wine from wholesalers, I am intrigued by what am I missing from this picture?

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