Of Politics and the Wine Trade – Moving Texas Forward 7 Decades Later

Current reminiscing has brought to the fore conflicting thoughts, as remembrances of my early days in the vinous industry are being mentally compared to the struggles of late. The 1980s, a decade that witnessed this author as a literal lad, stumbling upon a career in the wine business as most others do – perhaps more [...]

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The Progressive Wine Retailer and the Texas Market

Someone asked me recently how I envisioned the name for my new consulting company, “Chisholm Trail Wine Co.” I answered by attempting to verbally paint them a picture. “The only thing more painstaking”, I began, “than trying to drive a herd of Texas Longhorn cattle from the southern mouth of the Red River in Texas [...]

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