Comments on: Note to Wine Company: Compete with Starbucks Not Microsoft http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2005/11/16/note-to-wine-company-compete-with-starbucks-not-microsoft/ An industry analyst blog looking at software ecosystems and convergence Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:35:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James Governor http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2005/11/16/note-to-wine-company-compete-with-starbucks-not-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-765 James Governor Thu, 01 Dec 2005 04:08:22 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/wp/?p=401#comment-765 yes dwayne is a truly lovely british loophole (now superceded by 24 hour drinking laws in many places) that pubs next to produce markets are allowed to open at times to suit the ours the traders need to keep. and sometimes a nip of brandy in the morning does indeed warm you up... (well it feels like it anyway). some would say very civilised. others would i am sure be horrified. certainly its not a puritan tradition. but then England made its decision about that a while ago... yes dwayne is a truly lovely british loophole (now superceded by 24 hour drinking laws in many places) that pubs next to produce markets are allowed to open at times to suit the ours the traders need to keep. and sometimes a nip of brandy in the morning does indeed warm you up… (well it feels like it anyway). some would say very civilised. others would i am sure be horrified. certainly its not a puritan tradition. but then England made its decision about that a while ago…

]]> By: Dwayne Melancon http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2005/11/16/note-to-wine-company-compete-with-starbucks-not-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-764 Dwayne Melancon Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:06:22 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/wp/?p=401#comment-764 You're not as 'out there' as you think on the morning wine. In my wine salon post (the one you linked to, above) I mentioned that we met with Neil and Babur the next morning for breakfast. We went to The Cock Tavern, which is under Smithfield's Market. When we got there at 7:30 the next morning, people were having pints of beer, Bloody Mary's, and other sorts of drinks along with their fry-ups. The all night workers could keep a morning wine bar (serving breakfast, of course) very busy, I suspect. You’re not as ‘out there’ as you think on the morning wine. In my wine salon post (the one you linked to, above) I mentioned that we met with Neil and Babur the next morning for breakfast. We went to The Cock Tavern, which is under Smithfield’s Market. When we got there at 7:30 the next morning, people were having pints of beer, Bloody Mary’s, and other sorts of drinks along with their fry-ups.

The all night workers could keep a morning wine bar (serving breakfast, of course) very busy, I suspect.

]]> By: james governor http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2005/11/16/note-to-wine-company-compete-with-starbucks-not-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-763 james governor Thu, 17 Nov 2005 20:38:58 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/wp/?p=401#comment-763 you digg it? please do mr dawson. i could do with the traffic... :-) cheers hugh. i wonder how much mckinsey would have charged for the same insight (or the fact grabbing exercise after the fact). i have another really good wine idea but i might just put it into practice. maybe we should do a collaboration? you digg it? please do mr dawson. i could do with the traffic… :-)

cheers hugh. i wonder how much mckinsey would have charged for the same insight (or the fact grabbing exercise after the fact). i have another really good wine idea but i might just put it into practice. maybe we should do a collaboration?

]]> By: /pd http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2005/11/16/note-to-wine-company-compete-with-starbucks-not-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-762 /pd Thu, 17 Nov 2005 06:00:33 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/wp/?p=401#comment-762 Good rebuttal and ideas!! Hugh ack's very graciously !! Yes, open a wine cafe, serving only cheese and wines. Stormhoek wines only served ... Come to a cafe near you... Yeah I digg the idea. Good rebuttal and ideas!!

Hugh ack’s very graciously !!

Yes, open a wine cafe, serving only cheese and wines. Stormhoek wines only served … Come to a cafe near you… Yeah I digg the idea.

]]> By: catherine helzerman http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2005/11/16/note-to-wine-company-compete-with-starbucks-not-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-761 catherine helzerman Thu, 17 Nov 2005 02:28:21 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/wp/?p=401#comment-761 I'm such a geek. When I saw this headline in my news reader I thought it was going to be an article about the windows emulator, WINE. :-P I’m such a geek. When I saw this headline in my news reader I thought it was going to be an article about the windows emulator, WINE. :-P

]]> By: hugh macleod http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2005/11/16/note-to-wine-company-compete-with-starbucks-not-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-760 hugh macleod Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:55:52 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/wp/?p=401#comment-760 Cool ideas, James. Seriously. Thanks =) Cool ideas, James. Seriously. Thanks =)

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