Originally published on October 9, 2008.
My favorite time of the year to sell wine…it’s not during the holidays (O/N/D in wine industry speak) when most wine stores actually make their money.
It’s days like these – when I prop the store door open and let the outside in. Days like these are actually pretty rare. When it’s cold, well, it’s cold and no one wants to shiver behind a counter all day. And when it’s hot, or even just mildly warm, the aircon goes on and the door goes closed. (And the aircon was pretty much on from mid-May through mid-September.) But for the last week, it’s been perfect weather for door propping. And aside from the jackhammers that start up around 6.30pm at the hotel construction site down the corner, it’s nice to hear the street noises. This is a neighborhood store, so it’s great to hear the neighborhood right outside my door.