Finding “The House at Rueil” in Wine, can it be done?
Connecting Art to Wine, Before Even Tasting the Wine I’ve wine samples to taste; a lot of samples to taste. Life just backs up the volume, as I work on balancing every to-do. At my present age, my grandmother… and then my mother… were taking long naps during the day. I’m not sure what’s […]
How A Small Company Finds Intriguing and Unique In-Roads to Success
Anne Bousquet – Al Ameri, CEO, Partner THE STAGE IS SET: Meeting Anne Bousquet – Al Ameri, of Domaine Bousquet, Mendoza Argentina, at Barn Diva in Healdsburg, brought not only the distance of the two hemispheres closer together, but it also connected many more fascinating dots during the meeting, of how to succeed against all […]
Romancing the Grape ~ Relationship Selling for Hospitality Professionals
SAMPLE COPY from Lynda R. Paulson ~ PHOTO: Jo Diaz Romancing the Grape ~ Relationship Selling for Hospitality Professionals by Lynda R. Paulson should be mandatory reading for all winery tasting room personnel. This is always how I sold wine, while working in a tasting room, because my studies and background are in PR. That said, […]
Thoughts added to Rutherford Dust’s Panel Regarding Women in Wine
[PHOTO Purchased] Let me begin with a perfect example… This Says It All, Y’all Once upon a day Jo Diaz’s phone rang. She: “Hello, Diaz Communications.” He: “I’d like to speak with Joe Diaz.” She: “This is she.” Really pregnant pause……. (as we used to say in radio) I’m now thinking to myself, laughingly: He […]
A Day in the Dust Like “You Had to Be There, Man” ~ Rutherford Dust Society
[ALL PHOTOS were taken by Jo Diaz; with the exception of Barbara Lyons Stewart, who gave her photo for use.] Earlier I wrote a story titled Rutherford Dust Brought Karen MacNeil Squarely Into My Headlights, Now Into Yours. It included Karen MacNeil as part of that story. So does this one, in a completely different […]
