So a lot of people have asked what I’ve been doing in California for three months. It’s been tough to be away from the vines for so long (even if the weather here is really beautiful, I miss my vent Cers). Well I can finally announce that Naked Wines is coming to the USA, and [...]
Tags: beta taste, beta test, california, naked, naked wines, napa, usa, wineSo, I’ve been pretty cagey about this but here’s the official announcement: Ryan O’Connell is moving to California for part of 2012. The company I’m working with in California is looking for new wines and new business opportunities and they think I can help. I think I can help too. I’m leaving tomorrow. I’ll be [...]
Tags: american, california, france, french, kid napa, kidnapa, languedoc, napa, ryan o'connell, west coast, wineI feel really good when my wines receive positive comments and I brag about them in this blog. However, I still feel strange bragging about nice things that get said about me. But my parents assure me that the Internet exists in large part to brag about your exploits. So uhm Robert Joseph, who [...]
Tags: mroconnell, robert joseph, ryan o'connell, thanks, twitter, wine writerI usually tell people I’m an American making wine in the south of France but the truth is that I’m a dual citizen or at least I was born that way. It gets tricky because I let my French passport expire, and trying to convince the French government that I’m still French was a hoot [...]
Sometimes, I take a weekend day off and just do a nice all-day wine tasting with one of my retailers. Which retailer depends on where I’m staying and what I want to do that night. This past Saturday was at The Butcher’s Block in Sarasota. I got some video footage that should demystify my job [...]
I just got the royal treatment for security checks, but at least they didn’t put me in that dark little cavity searching booth. I should be able to go back to Tampa on time and maybe even get the wine in. Things are looking up. I even found a receipt with some leftover computer time [...]
I tried to do an elevator pitch for Jim Kukral at the Daily Flip. He’s doing an educational contest / promotion where people can get feedback on 15 second pitches about their product or company. I don’t verbally identify myself or my brand so he kind of rips me a new one, but that’s what [...]
