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The Progressive Wine Retailer and the Texas Market

Posted in Building a Winery, Chisholm Trail Wine Co., Retail Wine Business in Texas, tagged , , on April 18, 2011 |

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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Tomorrow’s 1st Tasting at the “New Winery”

Posted in Building a Winery, Buying Wine in Houston, Chateauneuf du Pape, Fine Wine, French Country Wines, grenache, Houston Wine Idealist, Houston Wine Scene, Red Burgundy, Relationship Marketing, Rhone Valley, Small Business Owners, value, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 21, 2009 |

Afternoon, Well it’s certainly been interesting out here for the past few weeks, that’s for sure!  I’ve witnessed countless hours of research, paperwork and travel, all aimed at the final goal of launching a new winery permit.  For the folks following the blog, you’ve come to understand the heartaches, the headaches and the occasional triumphs [...]

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Groundhog Day

Posted in Building a Winery, Buying Wine in Houston, Chateauneuf du Pape, Finding a Job, Fine Wine, Houston Wine Idealist, Houston Wine Scene, Red Burgundy, Relationship Marketing, Rhone Valley, Small Business Owners, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on April 15, 2009 |

  With aching muscles and a tired mind I return to the keyboard again, a glass of wine and a worn out telephone beside me.  The last two days and a total of 20 working hours saw me organizing a former client’s home wine cellar.  The wines being stocked were nearly all from my old [...]

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Houston Wine Idealist – First Week on the Job

Posted in Big Business, Building a Winery, Fine Wine, Houston Wine Scene, Relationship Marketing, tagged , , , , on April 1, 2009 |

Well, you certainly didn’t expect me to don the cap of Houston Wine ADVOCATE now did you? In response to the numerous e*mails received after the announcement of my plans to begin assisting the good folks of Houston with their wine buying needs, I took to the streets as a consumer over these past few [...]

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Letting Go – Servicing a Community in Need

Posted in Big Business, Building a Winery, Finding a Job, Fine Wine, Relationship Marketing, tagged , , , , on March 26, 2009 |

My wife and I have spent these past several days attempting to construct a new life for our family.  Daily we have visited Early Childhood Program Schools, desperately attempting to find placement for our precious three year old daughter, as we simply will no longer be able to afford our family Nanny with the closing [...]

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Tomorrow Begins Upon Waking

Posted in Building a Winery, Chateauneuf du Pape, Finding a Job, Red Burgundy, Small Business Owners, tagged , , , , on March 23, 2009 |

So, with that being said, with feelings of weightlessness now gradually replacing the overwhelming textures I’ve carried for so many years, I now find myself with nothing to write about.  Drinking a bottle of wine is a singular experience for the first time in my entire life.  I have no one to market to, no [...]

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