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For those of you about to buy wine..
Jul. 3rd, 2012 07:06 amI received this from a friend in the industry who I will let remain anonymous.
He gets news releases in his e-mail.
Sometimes, they are about the fact AC/DC is releasing their own wine.
Legendary rock group AC/DC has introduced its eponymous wine range to the U.S. market. Sourced from Southeast Australia and Marlborough, New Zealand, the new range features four varietals, including Back in Black Shiraz, Highway to Hell Cabernet Sauvignon, Thunderstruck Chardonnay and Hells Bells Sauvignon Blanc, with a fifth varietal, You Shook Me All Night Long Moscato, slated to follow. Currently available online at Vinport.com, the wines will also be distributed through select national, regional and local outlets-including featured Total Wine and More locations-priced at $17.99 a 750-ml. Produced by Australia's Warburn Estate, the AC/DC brand is handled in the U.S. by Connecticut-based Votto Vines Importing Inc. According to Warburn, AC/DC The Wines have sold more than 50,000 cases since initially launching in Australia last fall.
(Shanken News Daily, 6/25/12, 1:04 PM)
Anonymous Friend says he hasn't seen the wine, doubts if it is available in the States yet, and hasn't seen it reviewed. He did suggest that Maynard (from Tool)'s wines are good (and seem to be successful- Caduceus), and so maybe it is the time for a metal/wine connection.
He also related that folksters had a bit of a wine boom in the late 90s, but those ventures failed- Smothers Brothers Vineyards, and Jerry Garcia wine from Allied Domecq.
He suggested a great many ideas for other aging rock star types to cash in such as Def Lepard's "Pinot-mania", and Poison "Every Rosé Has Its Thorns" blush. I suggested Blue Oyster Cult might offer "Don't Fear the Riesling".
I also made the point that for a band that had a singer who drank himself to death, they still seem to be okay with profiting off of alcohol (Bands like The Who, the Stones and Aerosmith with long histories of alcohol abuse have also done likewise with concert support, etc., so I guess it's no big thing).
He gets news releases in his e-mail.
Sometimes, they are about the fact AC/DC is releasing their own wine.
Legendary rock group AC/DC has introduced its eponymous wine range to the U.S. market. Sourced from Southeast Australia and Marlborough, New Zealand, the new range features four varietals, including Back in Black Shiraz, Highway to Hell Cabernet Sauvignon, Thunderstruck Chardonnay and Hells Bells Sauvignon Blanc, with a fifth varietal, You Shook Me All Night Long Moscato, slated to follow. Currently available online at Vinport.com, the wines will also be distributed through select national, regional and local outlets-including featured Total Wine and More locations-priced at $17.99 a 750-ml. Produced by Australia's Warburn Estate, the AC/DC brand is handled in the U.S. by Connecticut-based Votto Vines Importing Inc. According to Warburn, AC/DC The Wines have sold more than 50,000 cases since initially launching in Australia last fall.
(Shanken News Daily, 6/25/12, 1:04 PM)
Anonymous Friend says he hasn't seen the wine, doubts if it is available in the States yet, and hasn't seen it reviewed. He did suggest that Maynard (from Tool)'s wines are good (and seem to be successful- Caduceus), and so maybe it is the time for a metal/wine connection.
He also related that folksters had a bit of a wine boom in the late 90s, but those ventures failed- Smothers Brothers Vineyards, and Jerry Garcia wine from Allied Domecq.
He suggested a great many ideas for other aging rock star types to cash in such as Def Lepard's "Pinot-mania", and Poison "Every Rosé Has Its Thorns" blush. I suggested Blue Oyster Cult might offer "Don't Fear the Riesling".
I also made the point that for a band that had a singer who drank himself to death, they still seem to be okay with profiting off of alcohol (Bands like The Who, the Stones and Aerosmith with long histories of alcohol abuse have also done likewise with concert support, etc., so I guess it's no big thing).
