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Craft Beer Continues to Lead Beverage Alcohol Industry Growth

J Smoke Wallin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:26:19 +0000

All the feedback on Craft Beer has turned incredibly positive. Now that Pelican Brands is fully in the Craft Beer Segment with our outstanding beer, Napa Smith and legendary brewer Don Barkley, I thought I’d highlight some of the recent quantitative and qualitative information we are seeing in the market. In just the past two [...]

J Smoke Wallin interviews Michael Gelb Author of “Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking”

J Smoke Wallin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:25:54 +0000

Coincidentally, I was in NY last week for meetings and Marvin Shanken’s industry CEO Impact Seminar and found out my friend Michael Gelb was also in town to promote his new book, “Wine Drinking For Inspired Thinking”. We arranged to meet up at the London on 54th street and I taped our brief interview (link [...]

Wine 2.0 New York was terrific! Catch the overview here!

J Smoke Wallin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:40:34 +0000

This is the first footage from Wine 2.0 packaged up to give a flavor for the event. Overall a great success and positive feedback from our wineries, trade and consumers! More to come!

The Fall Season Shapes Up! Thoughts on online and offline Wine market…

J Smoke Wallin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:28:48 +0000

My friend Liza has a nice piece in Winebusiness.com today on the Fall selling season. Reports from Nielsen, Bill Cascio at Glazer’s, Wilford Wong at Beverages and more! all point toward improvement over last year, though value driving business.

Yesterday, another Wine 2.0 friend, John Corcoran’s blog “Think Wine Marketing” had a well [...]

New York Wine industry booming

J Smoke Wallin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:17:02 +0000

I just saw this report which points out what many of us have known for some time, that NY has a thriving wine industry. I thought it worth highlighting as we have a handful of NY based wine companies (some producers, some importers) joining our many other fantastic wines from CA and around the world [...]

Smoke Wallin, Wine 2.0 Chairman Interview with Carla De Luca on new film: ‘AMERICAS WINE: THE LEGACY OF PROHIBITION’

J Smoke Wallin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:03:55 +0000

J. Smoke Wallin, Chairman of Wine 2.0, had the opportunity to interview filmmaker Carla De Luca Worfolk, Director, EP/Producer, and Writer of an amazing new wine film. Carla is an Emmy award-winning television and documentary producer. Her new DOCUMENTRY FILM ‘AMERICA’S WINE: THE LEGACY OF PROHIBITION’ is an amazing look at the history of the [...]

How are you going to sell that extra wine???? Spend the Week in NY, get involved in Wine 2.0 New York!

J Smoke Wallin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:58:29 +0000

If you are on the fence or thinking about leaving your backyard to go sell some wine, Wine 2.0 NY is the perfect event to plan it around. You can’t sell all that extra juice sitting in wine country. Get out with consumers and have some fun and SELL SOME WINE! Here is my suggestion [...]

Wine 2.0 New York 2009

J Smoke Wallin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:54:42 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Cornelius Geary Co-Founder, CEO, Wine 2.0TM Cornelius@winetwo.com T: 415-596-1191 W: www.winetwo.net WINE 2.0TM ANNOUNCES 2nd ANNUAL WINE 2.0TM EXPO NEW YORK HOSTED BY WEBSTER HALL, NOVEMBER 18TH, 2009

Event Features Cutting Edge Wine Industry Start-ups And Wineries From Around The World, Plus Over 1,000 Wine And Tech Lovers In One Exciting Event Timed [...]

Wine 2.0 Expo San Francisco at Crushpad – UPDATED!!

J Smoke Wallin — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:46:55 +0000

Join us for Wine 2.0 Expo San Francisco at Crushpad. We’ll again be hosting over 1,000 attendees, dozens of the coolest wineries and Wine 2.0 tech companies at one fantastic event.

Hosted by: Crushpad

Sponsored by: Robert Oatley Vineyards, Hahn Estates, Cameron Hughes Wine, and Web [...]

Wine 2.0 San Francisco – April 2nd

J Smoke Wallin — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:25:20 +0000

For tickets, go to http://www.winetwo.eventbrite.com/

WINE 2.0 ANNOUNCES ROBERT OATLEY VINEYARDS SIGNS ON AS CORNERSTONE SPONSOR FOR 2009 MULTI-CITY EVENTS SCHEDULE

J Smoke Wallin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:13:26 +0000

New Brand Founded By Australian Wine Legend Bob Oatley, Founder Of Rosemont Estates, Will Jumpstart Marketing Push With Participation In Over 15 Events Around The US For 2009

San Francisco, CA (NEWSWIRE), February 10, 2009, Wine 2.0, the innovator in social networking and events in the wine industry, today [...]

WINE 2.0™ ANNOUNCES WINE 2.0 EXPO SAN FRANCISCO PRESENTED BY CRUSHPAD, APRIL 2ND, 2009

J Smoke Wallin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:10:31 +0000

Event Features Cutting Edge Wine Industry Start-ups And Wineries From Around The World, Plus Over 1,000 Wine And Tech Lovers In One Exciting Event Timed To Coincide Again With O’Reilly Media’s Web 2.0™ Expo

San Francisco, CA (NEWSWIRE), February 19, 2009, Wine 2.0, the innovator in social networking and [...]

ZAP (ZINFANDEL ADVOCATES & PRODUCERS) & WINE 2.0 ANNOUNCE COLLABORATION WITH TWO EVENTS AT ZAP FESTIVAL IN JANUARY “WINERY BEST PRACTICES” SESSION ON 1/30 AND “BLOGGERS’ LOUNGE” ON 1/31

J Smoke Wallin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:12:34 +0000

San Francisco, CA, January 8, 2009, Wine 2.0, the innovator in social networking and events in the wine industry (www.winetwo.com) and ZAP, Zinfandel Advocates & Producers (an organization [...]

WINE 2.0 ANNOUNCES ACTION PACKED AGENDA FOR 2009

J Smoke Wallin — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:45:51 +0000

Four New Live Event Formats Offer Multiple Opportunities For Brands to Connect With Over 15,000 Consumers

Online Social Network www.winetwo.net Surpasses 1,700 Members In First 60 Days

San Francisco, CA (PRNEWSWIRE) December 9, 2008 – Wine 2.0, the innovator in social networking and events in [...]

Wine 2.0 Announces Launch OF 2008 Wine 2.0 Business Plan Competition with Vator.tv

J Smoke Wallin — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:28:17 +0000

2007 Winner Crushpad Received $9 Million Investment, Credited Wine 2.0 Business Plan Competition With Providing Added Exposure

To Investment Community. This Year’s Competition Expects To Partner With Investment Group To Sponsor 2008 Competition With $250K Seed Round Funding To Winning Company.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, October 03, 2008 /24-7PressRelease/ — Wine 2.0, the innovator in social [...]