In part two of our video chat below, Kevin O’Leary shares what he would consider to be the toughest questions he’d have to answer if he were pitching the idea for his own wine brand on Dragon’s Den. Plus he gives the Cold Hard Truth for the Ontario wine industry …
Some would say that celebrity wines are derivative or even worse, a disservice that takes the focus off the wine region and on to the celebrity. What do you say to that?
Your fellow dragon Arlene Dickinson also just launched her own wine brand: what’s your opinion of it?
What do you think your wine brand stands for? Where are you going next with it?
Watch the first video chat here.
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My own Dragons Den on the Kevin OLeary wines: With 10 yrs in the WIne biz, I think I know a thing or 2 about how to market wines.1) I question how recognizable his name is to most wine consumers 2) At shelf a package has 7 secs to communicate, his wine packaging says “Irish Whiskey” to me – avoid, despite what might be in the bottle.3) I do agree that a big challenge is convincing wine buyers that Ontario wines taste great but more importantly that they do represent good value vs the imports. This is harder to prove out since the cost of raw materials in Ontario is so high relative to imports. In the end, I am not convinced that he has a solid business proposition relying on the `my name is on the bottle`as the key USP . I would not have invested.
Why is she so down on corks? I absolutely despise twist cap wines.