Comments on: No More Predictions – Top 10 Things that WON’T Happen in the Online Wine World in 2009

By: Ryan Opaz

Ryan Opaz — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:20:06 +0000

Exactly why we started this site! Thanks for that great addition!

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:16:28 +0000

Wine bloggers will NOT stop adding to their blog rolls NOR will they bother to check if what they have is even still active. Basic Juice has been dead for over a year and not only is it still on Wark's list (and a dozen others) but it was voted #33 on the “Top Wine Blogs” list, despite not having a new post in months.

By: Andre Ribeirinho

Andre Ribeirinho — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:42:41 +0000

Great post. I specially agree with point 7: “Integrate wine into potential clients lives, don’t ask them to change their lives to understand your wine.”

By: Steve Bachmann

Steve Bachmann — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:52:28 +0000

The U.S. will not pass a national wine shipping law for retailers to sell any wine, any where, even with requirements to collect state taxes and online age verification.

Consumers will continue to not realize that retailers are treated differently from wineries in shipping to them even though both "retail" wine directly to a consumer.

Wholesalers will not let up on their state political contributions to preserve the three tier system despite its increasing lack of relevance to a national and online consumer base.

Tom Wark will not let up his relentless efforts to expose the wholesalers' repeated efforts to block consumers from getting more access to the wines they want, but cannot get, from wholesalers.

The Wine Spectator and eRobertParker.com sites will not license their reviews to paying third parties or anyone else (although it will become increasingly less relevant).

Asian wine buying demand will not fall as much as U.S. demand for fine wine and will recover faster.

Some wine consumers who bought futures will not receive them due to business failures of their source or someone in the chain of supply to their source.

By: RichardA

RichardA — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:31:58 +0000

1. Despite the doomsayers signaling the death of print media, none of the major wine magazines, such as Wine Spectator or Decanter, will go under in 2009.

2. Wine bloggers will not come to a consensus on blogger ethics.