It's nearly impossible to run a small wine grape advocacy group. It would be utterly impossible, if it weren't for companies that are willing to support the tireless efforts of PS I Love You and media people who are willing to help spread the word. In our sixth year, we've grown from our original 20 [...]
Good question, Harvey, and I like that "unsung varietal" thing. I know I'll be quoting you for years to come. To answer that question, I'd say we've got a good buzz started: Media attention for the group so far, with a few mentions about the effort before the actual launch. Granted, there are a few [...]
Deep in the throes of my Dark & Delicious planning, it takes a lot to get my attention. Let's just say, you wouldn't want to have ever been really mean to me in the past, and think you can get my attention during this time, as it happened this past week. I didn't pick up [...]
When I wrote Finding Myself in The Right Lane, About Two Years Later As I Look Back ~ Not Much Has Changed, I wrote it just before leaving for Puerto Rico for nine days. In Puerto Rico, I'm definitely on island time - my favorite time of all. While I was checking my Emails each [...]
I got a great E-Mail when I launched the Oregon Pinot Gris press release; which I sent by US mail, as well as over the Internet. Today, George Rose of J Wines and I are the only two people that I know who are left to do so... And, it still gets results, I'm happy [...]
I'm in the middle of organizing a food and wine dinner for about 1,000 people. It's called Dark & Delicious and it's my sixth year in a row doing it. this year it's 60 wineries and 30 restaurant options. So, you can imagine that I can handle six to eight people, right? Yeah, I think [...]
It's always fun to cast a glance over one's shoulder, to see what's happened and what's not materialized. I'm sharing the following, because I was asked if wineries would care about a new way to keep track of all their point of sales materials, and having worked for so many wineries and wine companies, I [...]
Organizing this wine and food event reminds me of the days when I was the Androscoggin Girl Scout Day Camp director. I chose to be a stay-at-home mother, after I put two columns on a piece of paper. One column was income, the other was expenses I'd have as a result of working outside of [...]
On the back end of wine website Roulé Rogue, a blog for which I'm now writing , this was what the spam said as it laid there waiting for my approval. Now, understand how ridiculous this is; because, being an author on a blog is a backstage pass, perhaps even having the duty of approving [...]
I've had a fabulous year with bubbles, and those are the ones I'm going to share as being HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for this coming weekend's celebrations. I'm going to start with a new one... I'm calling it a "Bubbly on Training Wheels." It's a great one for a younger generation that may also love adventure, innovation, [...]