EPISODE #15 LESSONS LEARNED IN MY 46-YEAR WINE CAREER
Send us Fan Mail In my career, I learned many valuable lessons about business and life that I share throughout my book, Fine Wine Confidential. In Episode #15, I recount a small sampling of the lesson...
10 Jul 3min
EPISODE #14 THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING BRAND RELEVANCE
Send us Fan Mail Episode #14 is focused on the principle and importance of maintaining brand relevance. In my case, this episode takes you into a Sonoma-Cutrer board meeting back in 1988, at which I p...
20 Jun 6min
EPISODE #13 FORMATION OF WINE FAIR TRADE COALITION/WFTC
Send us Fan Mail Episode #13 will take you into the room where Ken Starr was the guest speaker to a group of interested winery owners and personnel to discuss the next steps to take just 90 days after...
29 Mai 6min
EPISODE # 12 BILL BONETTI RETIREMENT & THE WINE INDUSTRY ALMOST DIDN'T KNOW.
Send us Fan Mail Episode #12 takes you through the event that led up to what became a fitting tribute to Bill Bonetti and his retirement from winemaking, not just at Sonoma-Cutrer, where he was from t...
29 Apr 11min
EPISODE #11 CALIFORNIA SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TESTIMONY
Send us Fan Mail Episode #11 details the testimony I gave at a joint hearing of the California State Senate & Assembly on the Direct Shipping of wine to consumers in November of 1997, when I was Presi...
3 Mar 8min
EPISODE #10 WINERY FOUNDERS MOST OFTEN ARE NOT THE BRILLIANT BUSINESS FOLKS THEY LOOK TO BE
Send us Fan Mail Episode #10 is about my thoughts on why most Founders of wineries or wine brands are not the brilliant or savvy business people they would like you to believe they are. No, more ofte...
29 Des 20257min
EPISODE #9 THE FRANK PRIAL ESCAPADE vs WILLIAM HILL WINERY
Send us Fan Mail This episode delves into a defining moment from February 1986 that catapulted William Hill Winery into the spotlight. At that time, I was Vice President of Sales when Frank Prial, in ...
25 Nov 20257min
EPISODE # 8 WINE BUSINESS IS A TRAILING ECONOMIC INDICATOR
Send us Fan Mail Episode #8 is an insider's view of the Henry Wine Group Board Meeting in the fall of 2007, when I was President & CEO. While reviewing some sales data for several of our top-end Calif...
10 Nov 20254min
