It's a familiar dilemma. You're in the store staring at a wall full of wine bottles that you know nothing about. Many, if not most of the names are unfamiliar. Heck, if you're in a grocery store you're probably looking at sea of private label bottles of mass produced wine … [Read more...]
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Reverse Wine Snob Insider Deal Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Questions about our Insider Deals? We've got all the answers and then some. Check out our frequently asked questions below! Over the past couple years thousands of people have bought our Insider Deals and we've shipped millions of dollars worth of wine but that doesn't … [Read more...]
Is It OK To Ship Wine In The Summer? Summer Wine Shipping Guidelines
Summer Wine Shipping guidelines to make sure you're precious cargo makes it to you OK when the temperatures heat up. … [Read more...]
Tenet #10 - Price Is Important!
It simply cannot be said enough: When it comes to wine, price does not equal quality. We've touched on this in a number of our other tenets, but we highlight it here as well because it simply cannot be said enough. When it comes to wine, price does not equal quality. … [Read more...]
What is a Reverse Wine Snob? (And who is this Jon Thorsen fellow?)
Nobody likes a wine snob, right? I've got a simple solution! Turn wine snobbery upside down! My mission is to liberate you to enjoy the wines you love on their own terms, whether it be "wine snob" approved or not. Start here to free yourself from the incorrect notion that … [Read more...]
Tenet #9 - The Wine Industry Needs To Change
The wine industry loves to complain about the 100-point scale and other such rating systems, so why do they promote them so much? Up next in our Ten Tenets of Reverse Wine Snobbery is our ninth rule: The wine industry needs to change its ways or quit complaining about wine … [Read more...]
Tenet #8 - Wine Is A Consumable
It may not be the equivalent of toilet paper as Annette Alvarez-Peters, the head wine buyer at Costco, so famously suggested in a CNBC special, but wine is a consumable. Up next in our Ten Tenets of Reverse Wine Snobbery is our eighth and perhaps most controversial rule … [Read more...]
Tenet #7 - Love Wine
Overcoming the intimidation factor, finding authenticity, good marketing and love. Detailing Tenet #7 in our Ten Tenets of Reverse Wine Snobbery: Love Wine. … [Read more...]
Tenet #6 - The Three Tier System Sucks And Needs To Go Away
There's big money behind limiting consumer choice in wine. Tenet #6 in our Ten Tenets of Reverse Wine Snobbery details one of the biggest factors negatively impacting consumer's enjoyment of wine, yet also one of the least well known. It harks back to a time of … [Read more...]
Tenet #5 - The Wine Industry Often Forgets About The Average Consumer
How to avoid the wine industry's marketing traps. We've come now the fifth rule in our Ten Tenets of Reverse Wine Snobbery and that is that the wine industry often forgets about the average consumer -- or perhaps neglect or even scorn are better words than forget. Why is … [Read more...]
Tenet #4 - Wine Under $20 Is Not A Compromise
Price does not equal quality! Our fourth rule of Reverse Wine Snobbery is Wine Under $20 Is Not A Compromise. The fourth rule in our Ten Tenets of Reverse Wine Snobbery is at the heart of what we believe here at Reverse Wine Snob. Read on for what we think is a pretty … [Read more...]
Tenet #3 - Experiment With New Wines
How do you know what you like if you don't try new things? Our third rule of Reverse Wine Snobbery is Experiment With New Wines. Up next in our Ten Tenets of Reverse Wine Snobbery is our third, and perhaps most fun, rule - Experiment With New Wines! While at first glance … [Read more...]
Tenet #2 - Drink What You Like
Our second rule of Reverse Wine Snobbery: Drink what you like (and how to avoid the sweaty horse problem). Today we're detailing Tenet #2 (drink what you like) in our Ten Tenets of Reverse Wine Snobbery. (Find Tenet #1 here.) And while it seems like this one should be … [Read more...]
Tenet #1 - Buy Wine That Fits Your Lifestyle
Our first rule of Reverse Wine Snobbery: Buy wine that fits your lifestyle; don't change your lifestyle to fit your wine. Today we're continuing on with the expansion of our Ten Tenets of Reverse Wine Snobbery detailing our first rule when it comes to enjoying wine on your own … [Read more...]
A Face of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Things get a little personal today as we discuss Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), caused by drinking during pregnancy. Reverse Wine Snob has always been and always will be about wine but today I feel the need to get a little personal and divert into a very important and … [Read more...]
Ten Tenets of Reverse Wine Snobbery
How to enjoy wine on your own terms -- beliefs we hold dear at Reverse Wine Snob. Our Ten Tenets of Reverse Wine Snobbery. If you're new to Reverse Wine Snob, or even if you've been visiting for a while, there's no better place to begin than with my Ten Tenets of Reverse … [Read more...]
Where to Find The Wine I Recommend in 5 Easy Steps or Less
By far, the single most popular question I get asked is: "How can I find the wine you recommend?" Unfortunately, there is no easy answer. With over 120,000 wines produced each year the average liquor store can only stock a tiny fraction, a few thousand at most. That means when … [Read more...]