Bird’s Eye View of An Event Organizer ~ The Devil’s in The Details
Dear Diary, When putting on an event, there are so many big picture things that have to be done. (They’re in all CAPS.) VENUE Finding the perfect one Set up Tear down Constant communications OPERATIONS Creating a floor plan that fits everyone onto the grid Having Port-a-Potties lined up Last year’s were dark and further [...]
Memories on Memorial Day: Rockers I’ve held within my lens
Spending my Memorial Day thinking about some of my own favorite memories… 38 Special people won going back stage to meet 38 Special from WBLM. I was number 39… I just loved it. Going backstage with people who had won, “Back Stage Pass” ~ From the Rockers, it was always that, “Gutta do” moment that’s [...]
From Randall Grahm, Steve Heimoff, and Charlie Palmer to Sean Thackrey, Steve Heimoff, and Hardy Wallace
Yesterday’s blog entry was about a Healdsburg soiree into the night life with Randall Grahm (Bonny Doon Vineyards), Steve Heimoff, and Hardy Wallace of Dirty South Wine and a Very Goode Job at Murphy Goode, and Jose Diaz. Today’s blog is about another fantastic adventure. Off we all went into the hills of Marin, to [...]
Wine-Blog’s Year in Review 2009
It’s hard to believe that this year, like all others, has just flown by. Having rock n’roll radio roots before my wine days, back then I came to the conclusion that life is like a long playing LP. (Anyone remember those?) The closer you get to the center, the faster the revolutions go. This year [...]
Calaveras County ~ Do You Know What “Calaveras” Translates Into?
Working in the Sierra Foothills for Ironstone Vineyards, I learned pretty fast. DIGRESSION (It’s necessary to this story.): Pre-Ironstone, I worked at Belvedere Winery. I was very fortunate to have Puerto Rico as a one of my sales territories. I worked with the V. Suarez Company. They were one of the greatest wholesalers to work [...]
Appellation America Goes Subscription ~ I Hope People Get it
An article that I read entitled The Internet devalues everything it touches, written by Tom Foremski, stuck a serious chord. Tom wrote about the Internet devaluing so many professions that I hadn’t even thought about many of them, but became aware of many more than I had considered. (When we’re personally impacted, we tend to [...]
Social Media in the Wine Business
Image via CrunchBase Okay, I’ve just realized I’m totally addicted. I’ve just gone through a period of winery clients contracting – great economy, huh? And while that was happening, it gave me the time I needed (away from writing their stories) to go swimming on the deep end of the social media pool. As I [...]
Digital Camera + High Definition = Money Shot of NYC Fireworks
It’s just an amazing thing, this entire digital world. Whoda thunk it? Watching New York’s fireworks last night, I wondered “What if?” What if I get my camera and see if I can get a good shot of this? This is the one that made me really miss New York City. In the US, there’s [...]
