Comments on mydailywine: Online Wine Sales: Where's The Beef?

Unfortunately, I wouldn't and don't expect anythin...

2009-10-27T14:59:00.903-07:00

Unfortunately, I wouldn't and don't expect anything to change anytime soon. The status quo is very powerfully entrenched and so the current problems are going to remain. It's quite apparent that the concentrated and unified power of large commercial
special interests beats the diffused and unfunded
interests of small businesses and consumers.
As a nation we seem unable to implement reasonable and even necessary reforms when corporate interests are against it. Alcohol distribution is shackled with
numerous archaic and onerous constraints. The 21st amendment giving states the final say on the matter means an impossibly high threshold to
nationwide reform.

Small winery position: we won't miss what we don't...

2009-10-27T07:48:41.099-07:00

Small winery position: we won't miss what we don't know. Out DTC via the internet is about 3% of our business and yes, can grow. I'd much rather take a route that allows me visibility to the end user. Sure, some of the would-be Amazon traffic could have flipped over to me, but as a small winery, I have a better chance of achieving this at an off-site tasting. The consumer will never have to order commodity wines online so that leaves the rest of us to go about our business as usual.

Don't forget NVL was formed in the shadow of defunct wine.com and wineshopper.com (which Amazon invested in). Too many promises, not enough delivery. Seems like John Corcoran is very accurate in his assessment.

I am finding the conversation about Amazon's decis...

2009-10-27T01:19:37.746-07:00

I am finding the conversation about Amazon's decision fascinating. If nothing else, it spreading awareness about the challenges to distributing wine on line. With awareness, comes the possibility of change. I appreciate articles like yours that not only define the problem, but articulate the positive changes over time and hope for the future. It will require discussion, cooperation and legislation but it is possible.

Amy, as always a well stated and measured take on ...

2009-10-26T11:44:52.098-07:00

Amy, as always a well stated and measured take on the primary issues facing DTC practitioners and proponents. Did Amazon ever really put the plug in the socket? My understanding is that they made a good faith effort at due diligence, but based on the regulatory and compliance hurdles facing a company that is a master at logistics, this was a solution that likely wasn't going to happen. For those of us in the industry our climb is still uphill, or to paraphrase Coach John Madden 'The Road to easy street goes through the dump.' Keep up your dedicated DTC efforts and your terrific writing .... Cork