September 12, 2013

Investing in Indie Winemakers

Mashable: Naked Wines is an online retailer for wine. Visitors to the website can buy one or more bottles of wine or a monthly subscription. The $40 monthly subscription fee goes directly to new winemakers, and the customer receives a $40 credit for wine. Customers buying wine are essentially becoming wine angel investors. The store […]

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Niche Biz: Superfruit

Since almost all fruits contain a positive nutritional attribute, every fruit is super in it’s own way. But that doesn’t stop some from making a killing in the “superfruit” niche. BusinessWeek has more: Once a niche industry, the “super-premium” juice business, more focused on healthy, exotic nectars than the kinds of juices purveyed by Welch’s

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Buddha Shaped Fruits

Daily Mail: These bizarre Buddha-shaped pears were invented by a farmer in China who is planning to export his novel idea to the UK. Hao Xianzhang has created 10,000 of the mini marvels at his orchard this season and said he plans to take the fruits of his labour to Europe. A woman demonstrates a

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