Originally published on February 13, 2008.
Long time, no blog. It’s been busy, which is goods. Lots of orders to place, lots of wine to get on the shelves. This is all good, but doesn’t make for a very exciting blog. But it does mean business is good!
My sister-in-law decorated the windows for Valentine’s Day, and it looks great. At least all the women that walk into the shop think it looks great. Don’t know if it even registers with the men – hopefully it at least serves as a subliminal reminder that tomorrow they should be doing something nice for their sweeties – even if it doesn’t involve wine.
So what was accomplished this week aside from the lovely pink and red window decorations?
The second newsletter went out, featuring the latest 3-pack, snappily called “Hello Merlot”. Since poor Merlot hasn’t gotten much love since Sideways blew it to bits, I decided to give it a little bit of attention. The pack features Bedell Cellars (Long Island), Domaine la Soumade (VdP classication, but fruit is actually from the Rhone Valley), and Casa Lapostalle Cuvee Alexandre Merlot (Chile). All quite different from each other, which is the main point of featuring them side by side by side – to show that Merlot can do more than make whimpy, fruity red juice.
And I finally got around to pricing and displaying some of my higher end Southern Hemispere goodies – things like the Grosset Rieslings from Clare Valley, Vina Alicia Malbecs and Petit Verdot from Argentina, Purple Angel from Chile, Sadie Family wines from South Africa, and on and on. But details on those wines will warrent several other posts. For now, I’m just happy they have price tags and are out of their boxes.
Back to work.