US Professional Wine Buyers Competition Updates

We are less than a month away from the US Professional Wine Buyers Competition and Director, Lea Pierce, has just made an awesome announcement! One of the entrants will win a free one hour consultation with Kevin Boyer, who until quite recently was the VP of Ruth’s Chris Steak House Global.  Until about a year [...]

Warehouse Management: How we prepare your wines for judging

I am here in the warehouse (a brisk 55 degrees-although it is warmer than being outside) checking in wines for the 2010 Pro Wine Buyers Competition! I would like to give a brief insight into our warehouse operations. Our warehouse location is at Sonoma Storage Emporium is a secure and temperature controlled facility, located in [...]

National Women’s Wine Competition 2010

NWWC is in its fourth year and quickly approaching! We are really excited to surround ourselves with well-known women wine professionals. This year Eileen Crane of Domaine Carneros Winery will be joining us as Honorary Co-Chair. Eileen is the founding winemaker and current president at Domaine Carneros.  Eileen originally trained at the Culinary Institute of [...]