gate-keepers

To omit a region; pigeon holing the offerings as out of balance fruit bombs is a narrow view of wine production world wide and I might suggest there is a hidden agenda some “gate-keepers” will not admit to keeping.

Home field disadvantaged – NYT on SF wine lists | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

Publishers are gate-keepers, deciding who gets to be heard, and the process of putting a book out is glacially slow, linear, and hierarchical.

Madison Smartt Bell: A Shape of Things to Come Madison Smartt Bell 2011

“Clearly,” these kids were expressing a hostility, an animus, they were expressing suspicious behavior — and the wiser-than-thou class of apparatchiks, of ideological and political gate-keepers will have nothing — nothing — of any child-like or presumptive innocence.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Discourteous to Wear American Flag Images on Cinco de Mayo? 2010

These sites spend a tremendous amount of time selecting the right members as those are the gate-keepers for the next group of invitees and so on.

April Rudin: Connecting with the Wealthy Through Social Media: Can You Reach a Luxury Box From the Bleachers? April Rudin 2010

Publishers are gate-keepers, deciding who gets to be heard, and the process of putting a book out is glacially slow, linear, and hierarchical.

Madison Smartt Bell: A Shape of Things to Come Madison Smartt Bell 2011

Had they stood up to the industry’s powerful interests, a provision to combat the Stoneridge decision at a minimum would have forced investment banks, accounting firms and other gate-keepers to perform a reasonable amount of due diligence on those they choose to do business with.

Get Briefed: Richard Bove Alexandra Zendrian 2010

“Clearly,” these kids were expressing a hostility, an animus, they were expressing suspicious behavior — and the wiser-than-thou class of apparatchiks, of ideological and political gate-keepers will have nothing — nothing — of any child-like or presumptive innocence.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Discourteous to Wear American Flag Images on Cinco de Mayo? 2010

Had they stood up to the industry’s powerful interests, a provision to combat the Stoneridge decision at a minimum would have forced investment banks, accounting firms and other gate-keepers to perform a reasonable amount of due diligence on those they choose to do business with.

Get Briefed: Richard Bove Alexandra Zendrian 2010

These sites spend a tremendous amount of time selecting the right members as those are the gate-keepers for the next group of invitees and so on.

April Rudin: Connecting with the Wealthy Through Social Media: Can You Reach a Luxury Box From the Bleachers? April Rudin 2010

Army's relationship with Yankee Stadium makes them the unofficial gate-keepers of the stadium.

Will College Football Sell in New York? 2010