How delusional – or perhaps, desperate – would you have to be to think you could fake your way through a job as a ‘world-class’ Sommelier at a Scottish fine dining hotel with not a lick of wine knowledge or real-world skills? For anyone who’s ever worked in hospitality, the answer to this question is…
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The Future of Futures: An En Primeur Newbie’s Wine Week in Bordeaux
Sometimes, the wine gods smile down on us from on high and good things happen. In my case, that good thing was news that my wine blog post on social media adoption in Bordeaux had been awarded the wine and technology top prize in the 2019 Millésima blog awards. It was paragraph two of…
Canadians in Napa! Faith Armstrong Foster’s ‘Onward Wines’ feature old-school sparkler – Pét Nat
That Napa winemaker Faith Armstrong-Foster harkens from Surge Narrows on the remote Inside Passage of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, should tell you something about her winemaking philosophy. Anyone who grew up amidst the pristine inlets and spectacular wilderness setting of this northern location is going to be on nature’s side. Coast&Kayak Magazine suggests Surge…
Risk and Reward: Wine Business Straight Talk from Rangeland’s Chief Wine Officer (CWO)
The Canadian ex-pat in the cowboy hat running Rangeland Wines in Paso Robles is Laird Foshay. An early investor in Silicon Valley who built and sold two startups in the digital publishing arena, Laird knows something about risk, reward and bridge financing. He jokes he and his wife Lisa are 17 years into a 25-year…
From Vine to Wine: Harvest Curriculum @ Rangeland Winery
Harvest is a feverish, high-energy time in the vineyard and winery. There’s nothing more exciting than seeing seven months of nature’s miracle growth transition from vine to wine. “Team Canada’s”* 10 days of working the Paso Robles, California harvest with winemaker, Paul Hinschberger and vineyard manager, Patrick Hamilton were not only rich in curriculum, but they…
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