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Tastevine, a new beginning for something not so new
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
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I’ve been cruising around the wine world for a year and a half now. While I know more about wine than I did when I started I still have been unable to quantify what I’ve learned, am I any closer to understanding wine? Perhaps, but I still feel that I haven’t even begun to scratch the surface, which might be its allure.
I can differentiate the varied sections of Burgundy, but then there’s the Loire Valley and after that there is some other place or grape. Shakespeare once wrote, “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” This quote not only reminds me of my foolish roommate, but also those who decide to take wine too seriously. Don’t get me wrong a healthy enthusiasm for knowledge is great but mastery does not come when you have finished every book known to man about wine, nor after visiting ever major wine region. There are still those diamonds in the rough that make the journey through wine even more rewarding. A great example is the Tannat coming from Uruguay.
I never want to feel like I know everything there is to know about wine because then where would I go, its almost as absurd as conveying a complete understanding of life, preposterous. And while Tastevine will hopefully never be able to fully explain wine, we hope that it will give its users a tool in which to explore, to let wine’s mysteries draw you in as it has me. Cheers all of you fellow quaffers. And remember to share your experiences with friends so they can share the joys too.
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Meet a few of our Clients…
Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Tastevine
A dynamic wine brand bringing high quality, incredibly priced estate wines to you from around the world.
You can use these wines to set up a TasteIDTM, which will connect you to people with similar taste preferences.
If you have a large group of people (50+), Tastevine will help sponsor a tasting party for you and your friends. (email: tayloe [at] tastevine.com)
GrapeThinking helped transform idea into reality.
Services we provide Tastevine include:
Brand Creation, Focus Groups, Market Research, Website Development, Post-Development Marketing, Traditional Marketing, Internet Marketing, Wine Sourcing, Wine Consultation, Distributor Consultation, and more…
Payback Time
Brought to you by the creators of Spill.com, an animated movie-review site, this is a facebook application to help promote the meaning behind their site. The application enables users to demand refunds on terrible movies, give refunds to other movie ‘critics’, and win cool prizes … like free movie tickets.
A great way to check for Box office “hots” or “flops”. Check out the app!
How we are helping!
Services we provide Payback Time include:
Market Research, Brand Research, Business Consultation, Facebook Application Development, Post-Development Marketing, and more…
Student Training Empowerment Program
STEP is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization working within the Education Industry. The program aims to provide young adults with life skills training to better facilitate their futures. This is accomplished through peer education and teambuilding exercises.
How we are helping!
Services we provide STEP include:
Business Consultation, Website Development, Internet Marketing, and more…
GoSTEP.org has gone from not even having a website to now seeing more than 15k unique visitors/month.
Luna Nuda
Luna Nuda translated means “naked moon” The name comes from the brilliant moonlit Italian sky on a cloudless (naked) night shining down on the beautiful ancient cities of Florence and Venice. Every traveler to this magical country has experienced this mystical scene.
Luna Nuda Chianti and Pinot Grigio are made by artisan winemakers that have a great passion for producing quality wines of value. Taste these two wines and you will understand the difference.
How we are helping!
Services we are providing Luna Nuda include:
Business Consultation, Website Development, Internet Marketing and more…
Posto Bello
Posto Bello means “beautiful place’ in Italian and boy do these two wines come from a beautiful place.
The Pinot Grigio is estate grown in the fabulous area of Alto Adige in northern Italy, home to the countries best white wine. All Pinot Grigio is not the same…This wine is as good as this varietal gets. Rich, full bodied, yet with that clean racy profile that makes Pinot Grigio the most popular imported white wine in the US.
The “Bambino”, meaning baby boy, gets its name from the famous Super Tuscan blended wines from Tuscany. “Bambino” is a baby Tuscan meaning that it has the same varietal (Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon) makeup and flavor profile as the “supers” yet at a much less expensive price. You don’t have to break the bank to enjoy a great Italian red wine with “Bambino”
How we are helping!
Services we are providing Posto Bello include:
Business Consultation, Website Development, Internet Marketing, and more…
Gran Karoo
A 100% Blue Agave (commonly referred to as “Tequila”) hailing from South Africa. The “Great Karoo” is a 154 Square Miles of land, that used to be a huge inland sea, and is now home to many great species of indigenous wildlife.
This amazingly smooth agave is perfect for martinis, and goes down great as one of Grape Thinking’s “Saharan Sunset” shots.
How we are helping!
Services we are providing Gran Karoo include:
Business Consultation, Brand Creation, Focus Groups, Website Development, Traditional Marketing, Internet Marketing, and more…
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Wine Racks and Beer Bellies
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
So, while browsing the web today, we stumbled upon an interesting site, and decided that we had to share it with you.
Introducing The Wine Rack
What a great little gadget. You fill up the “rack” with wine (or any other drink) and head off to the concert, or event of your choice.
Apparently they are adjustable, in the sense that you don’t have to worry about “flattening” as you continue to drink. You can simply fill them back up with air as you drink all the wine.
Guys, they did think about you, and knowing that it wasn’t likely that you would
pass as normal wearing a wine rack, they created the Beer Belly.
Unfortunately, you may never get a chance to explain to the hot girl at the show that you aren’t fat, your just sporting a beer belly to avoid the $10 cans.
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Tastevine – Wine Tasting
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
For all of you who have missed my recommendations lately here is one that will truly benefit all. Go out and buy a bottle of wine! Its the middle of the work week, spice it up. Once you’ve drank that wine log-on to tastevine.com and rate it. The fall is truly here with colder temperature moving across the south, this is how I know its fall. Neauvo Beaujolais is produced this season and varies year to year but generally produces a crisp red wine. Check out grapethinking.com for other recommendations from wine correspondents around the world. Cheers!
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Da Vinci Chianti/Ravenswood Zinfandel
Friday, October 19th, 2007
I have have been in Charleston, SC all weekend doing wine tastings and I have two great recommendations to get everyone on their way to discovering their tastes in wine.
Da Vinci Chianti is a reasonably priced and easily accessible Chianti from Italy. Chianti is Italy’s most famous red wine, which takes name from the eponymous traditional region of Tuscany. It used to be easily identified by its squat bottle enclosed in a straw basket, called fiasco (”flask”); however, the fiasco is only used by a few makers of the wine now; most Chianti is bottled in traditionally shaped wine bottles. Low-end Chianti is generally fairly inexpensive, with a basic Chianti running less than US$10 for a bottle. More sophisticated Chiantis, however, are made and sold at substantially higher price points.
And Ravenswood Zinfandel, a great Zin from California. Typically, Zinfandel wine tastes spicy and fruity. Vintners use Zinfandel grapes to produce a wide range of wine styles including sweet White Zinfandels, light-bodied reds reminiscent of Beaujolais nouveau, full bodied dry reds, sweet late harvest dessert wines, and port-style wine.
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