When I think of Extraordinary Wine Careers, I think of the affable Kerry Damskey

When I think of Extraordinary Wine Careers, I think of the affable Kerry Damskey

by | Oct 11, 2021 | California, Costa Rica, India, Israel, Wine, Wine Business, Wine Business Innovation, Wine Culture, Wine Distribution, Wine Ed, Wine Education, Wine Event, Wine Exports, Wine Making, Wine Marketing, Winemaker, Winemaking, Winery

Kerry Damskey, of Terroirs, Inc. [PHOTO: property of Damskey, Inc. All rights reserved.] Indiana Jones of Wine… Making Gold from Dust! I personally love adventure. I love travel. I love being brave to the point of fearlessness; even sometimes in what I love...

Wine Country Adapting to a Pandemic and Fires ~ Geyserville says Happy Halloween to That!

by | Oct 21, 2020 | Event, Geyserville, Geyserville Community Foundation, Photographers, Sonoma, Sonoma County, Wine, Wine Business Innovation, Wine Country, Wine Culture, Wine Distribution

The invite to the citizens of Geyserville read: Geyserville.com ~ Feeling Creative? Paint wine barrels for the fall and spring seasons to brighten up Geyserville. Fun for the whole family. And so they came. The barrels have now been placed throughout the town of...

As the World Turns, So Does Wine Importing as the Heartbeat of International Wine Dreams

by | Oct 17, 2020 | Bordeaux, Importer, Importer Search, Imports, Wholesaler, Wine, Wine Business, Wine Culture, Wine Distribution, Wine Importer, Winemaking, Winery, Women in Wine

Let me begin by writing about a past conversation I had with one of my contacts, who works in the Pentagon, whose identity I’m going to keep private. I will say, he knows enough to have called this one, and I’ve watched it all happen to be true. When the...

Complicated Situation in the American Wine Market, by Michael Yurch of The Bluest Sky Group

by | Mar 19, 2020 | Imports, Italy, Marketing, Red Wine, White Wine, Wholesaler, Wine, Wine Business, Wine Culture, Wine Distribution, Wine Ed, Wine Event, Wine Importer, Wine Marketing, Wine Travel, Winery, WSET

Wine marketer Michael (Mick) Yurch, of The Bluest Sky Group, has shared the following with me, in his circle of friends and colleagues. It’s a fascinating reading, from someone with international relationships in wine. It’s Mick’s job to prepare wine...