Posts Tagged ‘tom wark’

Liquid Raisins

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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Comprehensive Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness

Friday, April 30th, 2010
 

U.S. Capitol

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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!

Live Goat Tummy Fermentations

Friday, March 19th, 2010
 
Image of goat with all kinds of freaky callouts labelling anatomical features

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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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Couch Lock

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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Wine Biz Radio: August 20, 2007

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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