A Tip For You Marketing People – Top 10 Blog Posts on Future Branding and Communication From Ronnestam.com
Updated: 2009-12-30 20:28:35
Today I posted a blog-post on Ronnestam.com about my experimental book project – Top 10 Blog Posts on Future Branding and Communication From Ronnestam.com. It doesn’t really have that much to do with Whisky specifically. But if you’re into marketing and advertising it will sure inspire you to reach further with your whisky brand!
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It’s almost time to toast in 2010! So here are our bubbly picks to help you ring in the New Year.
Sparkling Wine Under $15
Korbel Brut Rose: Korbel offers affordable sparkling wines made in the traditional way for many decades. While most aren’t too nuanced, they are solid offerings with pleasing flavors and textures. The brut [...]
I’m releasing this expanded version of my monthly “What will they think of next?” feature for 2010 a few days early so you can go through it to select some New Year’s Eve cocktails. For that reason, the offering is double the usual trio of suggestions. They’ve been culled from the monthly recipes shared throughout [...]
December Cocktail
1 1/4 oz. Chivas Regal 12 yo
Dash Cinnamon Syrup
2 oz. Apple Juice
Build all the ingredients in an Old Fashioned glass and add ice cubes. (Cinnamon Syrup can be made by mixing equal parts of powder sugar and warm water. Heat with a stick of Cinnamon and let rest until cold, when the Cinnamon will [...]
A very merry Christmas to you and yours.
P.S. If you’re stuck for a last-second gift for a person of refined taste, try my four-part “Holidays In a Bottle” gift guide. It covers rums, bourbons, Scotches and liqueurs.
Go to my Upstate Restaurant Examiner column, my New York Drinks Calendar and my New York Wine Events Calendar.
The Saratoga convivium of the Slow Food USA movement will be pairing Scotch whiskies with the menu of its first anniversary dinner, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, January 14.
The site will be Max London’s in Saratoga Springs, where the series’ first dinner was held 11 months ago. The cost is $90 per person, tax and [...]
It’s always nice to think positively. At The Wine Bar and Bistro in Albany, they’re thinking “Positively Pinot,” the theme of a party set for 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, January 12.
The deal is simple: 25% off the bottle price of every pinot noir wine on its list.
The restaurant, located at 200 Lark [...]
Only two more shopping days till Christmas. A few more than that if you’re looking for a New Year’s gift.
In any case, I’ve got the final part of my four-part series on good beverage gifts to track down for those discerning friends or family who might appreciate such a gift.
Go here for that final installment [...]
Winter Slumber
1 part Whiskey or Bourbon
1/2 part Hiram Walker Pumpkin Spice Liqueur
1/4 part Chai
1-1/2 part Heavy Whipping Cream
Cinnamon & Sugar for Rim Garnish
Place liquids in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend and chill. Strain into a cocktail glass rimmed with cinnamon and sugar.
Rocky Mountain Ginger Crisp
1 part Premium Whiskey
1/2 part Hiram Walker [...]
One way to make the holiday season merry is with a fantastic bowl of punch.
Not only is big bowl of Christmas punch is an easy way to serve a lot of guests, but it can also be a festive display that gets people in the holiday spirit.
Here are some punch recipes we think will make [...]
My first recipe of Yellow Daisy Cocktail was found in one of my favorite cocktail book - The Cocktails and Mixed Drinks by Anthony Hogg. The cocktail has simply and elegant composition - gin, vermouth and Grand Marnier.
The inventor of Yellow Daisy Cocktail, as Savoy Cocktail Book specified, is Richard William Clark aka Deadwood [...]
Good winemaking doesn’t stop at the Canadian border.
“Cuvee Weekend,” an annual gala celebration of Ontario province winemaking, will be held from Friday, February 19, through Sunday, February 21, beginning with the Cuvee Gala on opening day at the Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ontario, with tastings of more than 160 wines, plus a wine [...]
As anyone even vaguely familiar with the subject knows by now, lack of distribution is a continuing woe in the world of New York State wines.
That applies whether is is for in-state sales or for increasing New York’s presence nationally.
And, that is the major impediment to a national image of quality for the state’s wines, [...]
Wine and chocolate often make a nice combination. Cheryl Thibodeau (right) will be presenting a range of wines as well as Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur samples at a holiday tasting scheduled for Saturday, December 19, at her Vonadeau Wine and Spirits shop in Berlin, Rensselaer County.
Bill Blake, who poured samples at the shop’s grand opening [...]
Very smart packaging idea by Ballantine’s.
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