Chili, Zinfandel and Lots of Glasses
Last week while I was in Concord, for a sales meeting I asked, my brother David, our VP of Operations, to start sending me a different bottle of wine [...]
3 10, 2011
2 08, 2011
Great Fall Wines
With the change in the weather comes for many of us a change in our wine drinking habits. Time to put away the unoaked fruity chardonnay and super chilled sweet [...]
23 06, 2011
3 Years in The Making…
The best way to learn the wine business from the winery's perspective is to make your own wine. That wasn't our intention at the end of 2007 when our [...]
21 06, 2011
Wine on the Coast
When the weekend forecast is 90+ degrees and all of the white shorts and white shoes have been released from their winter dungeons, it's time for the first trip [...]
10 06, 2011
Tasting: 2010 Husch Chenin Blanc
I was doing a tasting of 2010 Husch Chenin Blanc (Mendocino, CA) last week with a number of my customers and it was very well received. Many customers had [...]
10 06, 2011
Grapevine California Trip
Hello fellow wine-o's. What a great few weeks. A trip to California with 3 Grapevine colleagues proved most educational as well entertaining. We sampled Cowgirl Creamery cheese, Hog Island [...]
10 06, 2011
A Day In The Life Of A Western North Carolina Sales Rep
Welcome to my world as a sales rep for a fine wine distributor in western North Carolina. Yes, it is the best job in the world. My day is [...]
28 04, 2011
Grapevine Sales Team Trip: California
I just got back from California with some of the Grapevine sales team. What a trip! We started out by heading to Point Reyes with Rich Marino from Cartlidge [...]
28 04, 2011
Pinot Noirs and Oregon Pinot Gris – Tasting and Reminiscing
This past week I had Doug Cohen, National Sales Manger for Solena Winery in Oregon, with me on my Tuesday rounds in the Rock Hill / Fort Mill area [...]
