Comments on: open-source marketing

By: Roger

Roger — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:57:12 +0000

You can please all of the people, all of the time.

By: Roger

Roger — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:56:00 +0000

You can please all of the people, all of the time.

By: Roger

Roger — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:11:35 +0000

You can please all of the people, all of the time.

By: mapgirl

mapgirl — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 09:54:22 +0000

Frosty must not know much about K&L. K&L is EXTREMELY influential. I had a Canadian friend visit me with a K&L brochure his brother gave him. He was to visit the store to buy some special wine and bring it back to Toronto. All because K&L has an international clientele of discerning wine enthusiasts.
I also worked for a woman in SF who frequented K&L. She kept lots of wine, i.e. vintage Dom Perignon, which she gifted to our clients.
Trader Joe’s is a great mass market retailer of wine. (I like getting table wine there. It’s usually a good price and never horrible.) But K&L is the kind of place that generates buzz amongst other wine buyers and sommeliers.
ps — K&L has been South of Market in SF for a very long time. Why? Because back in the day, it was cheap to get warehouse space there before SBC Park was built.

By: Michael O'Connor Clarke

Michael O'Connor Clarke — Wed, 31 May 2006 02:10:27 +0000

Any more news on Canadian availability, Hugh? I have a friendly and very blog-savvy importer/distributor ready, willing and eager to help if you and the Stormhoekians are keen…

By: Andrew MItchell

Andrew MItchell — Tue, 30 May 2006 20:56:25 +0000

Make sure you blog to let us know when K&L get the goods.

By: Chris Messina

Chris Messina — Mon, 29 May 2006 14:55:04 +0000

Heck, they even have a blog (http://blog.klwines.com/). And I almost convinced them to co-sponsor WineCamp (http://winecampcalaveras.com) last minute… Stormhoek, of course, was already a co-sponsor.
Oh, and it’s kinda lame that I can’t make inline links! ~~

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Mon, 29 May 2006 10:47:26 +0000

Yeah, Just upgraded to MT 3.2 and my permalinks are giving me pains…

By: frosty

frosty — Mon, 29 May 2006 05:19:40 +0000

PS, as long as I’m carping on Movable Type problems: your permalinks are broken.

By: frosty

frosty — Mon, 29 May 2006 05:17:45 +0000

Oh, screw it. Anyway, I made a very well-written point that you should be talking to TJ’s and not K&L.

By: frosty

frosty — Mon, 29 May 2006 05:14:52 +0000

K&L also has a serious presence right here in the City (San Francisco). It’s just by the commuter rail station, which is probably no coincidence: that’s where people go who commute to or from Silicon Valley.

By: frosty

frosty — Mon, 29 May 2006 05:14:15 +0000

OK, since the comment spam filter doesn't tell me anything about what is thinks is spammy, and doesn't work on preview, and doesn't give me an option to say "i'm not spam, let Hugh moderate" and so on, I'm going to try submitting my comment one paragraph at a time and see if it works. Feel free to restitch as appropriate.

By: frosty

frosty — Mon, 29 May 2006 05:10:28 +0000

test
man, your comment spam filter is really bad.

By: Vanessa Ornella

Vanessa Ornella — Sun, 28 May 2006 22:33:48 +0000

I’ve just found your blog and I love it! Your cartoons are basic-ly amazing, you have a fantastic sense of humour and, for all that, I promise to drink all the stormhoek I can get in Rio de Janeiro. Is it available here?

By: john dodds

john dodds — Sun, 28 May 2006 22:03:47 +0000

Blogging’s version of the flashmob phenomenon — I like it.
Two supplemental tactics:
1) Invite Jim Chanteloup to the nearest Silicon Valley incarnation of the 100 dinners.
2) Hold a dinner in his parking lot.