Posts Tagged ‘tom wark’
Friday, August 13th, 2010
Kaz, Randy and X enjoy a brief “gangs-all-here” moment, then it’s off to the usual banter! Tom Wark comes to visit and talks about the latest with H.R. 5034 as well as the International Pinot Noir Celebration, finishing with his take on where the best place to situate a social media effort.
X provides the usual levity by wearing his fall colors wardrobe and bringing us some liquid raisins to drink! What’s liquid raisin, you ask? Well, you’ll have to listen (or watch) to find out!
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Tags: fermentation the daily wine blog, hr5034, ipnc, pinot noir, social media, tom wark, wark communications, wine tasting
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Friday, April 30th, 2010

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Just in case you CARE’d to know, we have
SWRA executive director
Tom Wark (also of
Wark Communications and
Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog) come on and give his take about
H.R. 5034, the bill that some predict would bring an end to direct wine shipments. As counter-point, we have comments from
Craig Wolf, president and CEO of the
Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America, who weighs in on why he believes keeping state regulation of alcohol out of the courts is a good thing.
Propaganda flying back and forth at a furious pace! It’s politics! It’s passion! All that and Facebook fan pages too!
To finish, we slot in the second Dave Homewood interview from the Carneros show last week!
Tags: care act, craig wolf, homewood, homewood winery, hr5034, swra, tom wark, wine wholesalers, wswa
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Friday, March 19th, 2010

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A sickening title to be sure, but you gotta pick the low-hanging fruit, people!
Tom Wark comes in and talks all about the latest in the war over direct shipment of wine. Also, Kaz and Randy experiment with calling Josie Gay over and over to talk about this weekend’s Savor Sonoma event in the Kenwood and Glen Ellen area.
More information than you can ferment in a live goat tummy. We mean it!
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Tags: direct shipping, heart of sonoma valley, josie gay, savor sonoma, tom wark, wark communications, wholesalers
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Kaz continues his vacation, and Randy invites Tom Wark (Wark Communications and Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog) in the studio to talk about his latest postings and news from the world of wine PR and direct shipping, including a peculiar crossover story between wine and marijuana. Then they taste some very interesting wines, with grapes you’ve probably never heard of!
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Tags: direct shipping, grape varieties, marijuana, tom wark, wine tasting
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Monday, August 20th, 2007
Randy sits in for Kaz this week, and has Tom Wark of Wark Communications (and Fermentation The Daily Wine Blog) along for a lively discussion of the recent Illinois Legislature passage of HB 429, restricting out-of-state wine retailers from shipping wine into Illinois.
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