tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30489905.post6252693467370219954..comments2023-05-31T15:30:02.781+01:00Comments on The Wine Conversation: External and Internal MotivationRobert McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384607673163426191noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30489905.post-30855200420165721672007-04-23T18:25:00.000+01:002007-04-23T18:25:00.000+01:00Hi Rob. Interesting blog. Like your Magners discus...Hi Rob. <BR/><BR/>Interesting blog. Like your Magners discussion. <BR/><BR/>btw I suspect the trick is to get people doing something neat that others can copy. The enormous social signal of a pint glass with ice in it is just such a behavioural meme. <BR/><BR/>On wine suggestions: <BR/>Hugh at http://www.gapingvoid.com and his Stormhoek have blended something to suit the ice-cube usage occasion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30489905.post-49147064097015456202007-04-16T17:20:00.000+01:002007-04-16T17:20:00.000+01:00Maintaining a customer base is a problem every bus...Maintaining a customer base is a problem every business has. Generally the answer is to provide quality goods at reasonable prices. For a treatment on finding highest quality, fine wines at rock bottom prices, go to www.seamusobrog.cutterofcheese.com/wine.html and win a free book!Seamus O'BrĂ²ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13225910306536833265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30489905.post-76737671038414790042007-04-14T20:16:00.000+01:002007-04-14T20:16:00.000+01:00good point, although London, and some other major ...good point, although London, and some other major cities, are possibly special cases in the UK<BR/><BR/>The thing with 20 somethings is that they age! If you are not constantly appealing to this group, you fail to replenish the pool of consumers. Just look at what happened to Sherry.<BR/><BR/>As for Blossom Hill, if it gets people into wine it is fine, so long as they then explore a little further!!Robert McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384607673163426191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30489905.post-46128055021362662602007-04-14T19:45:00.000+01:002007-04-14T19:45:00.000+01:00I wasn't aware that there was a problem with a lac...I wasn't aware that there was a problem with a lack of young people drinking wine. All of the twenty something girls in London seem quite capable of rapidly finishing off a bottle of Blossom Hill.<BR/><BR/>No whether that qualifies as wine as a different matter...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30489905.post-70955094126111673172007-04-13T01:00:00.000+01:002007-04-13T01:00:00.000+01:00I like Tim Atkin's pretty straight forward answer:...I like Tim Atkin's pretty straight forward answer:<BR/><BR/>"Why dilute a perfectly good Champagne by adding ice to it?"<BR/><BR/>(same as you I think)<BR/><BR/>This is a case of marketers not looking at the reasons for the success, just copying the methods.Robert McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384607673163426191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30489905.post-55419092985226084912007-04-13T00:22:00.000+01:002007-04-13T00:22:00.000+01:00champagne over ice? http://ukwinesonline.co.uk/wp/...champagne over ice? <BR/><BR/>http://ukwinesonline.co.uk/wp/piper-heidsieck-champagne-serve-with-ice/Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173791294052288116noreply@blogger.com