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Janie Brooks Heuck: Taking on Challenges and Committed to Giving Back
When Janie Brooks Heuck, Managing Director of Brooks Wine in Amity, Oregon, was asked how she came into this industry, she responded with a melancholy laugh...
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Why Are Generation Dates Not Consistent?
Recently I was asked why a wine market segmentation I published last year showing the percentage of wine consumed by Millennials, Gen X, Gen Z and Boomers was not consistent with a more recent study.....
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On and Off Premise Beverage Sales Will Be Forever Changed from 2020
I have only known two channels to buy booze: on premise channel which is bars and restaurants and off premise which is liquor and wine stores.  If suppliers wanted to sell their goods it had to be in those...
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Jeff O’Neill: Fostering a Culture of Teamwork, Ingenuity and Opportunity
O’Neill, founder of the fast-growing O'Neill Vintners and Distillers (it’s the seventh largest winery in the US), didn’t really plan to go into the wine business...
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Lucie Morton: Enthusiasm and an Eye for Deep Insights with Viticultural Impact
Lucie Morton is loaded with specialties attached to her name: viticulturist, ampelographer, rootstock expert, author, historian, educator...
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Kathleen Inman: Forging Strong Personal Connections and Staying Ahead of the Curve
When the pandemic was looming in February 2020, Kathleen Inman shared the concerns of winery owners around the globe that tasting room visitors and wine sales could fall...
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Jeff Bundschu: Orchestrating a Six-Generation Wine Brand with Irreverence and Authenticity 
GunBun, as it’s affectionately known, is the oldest continuously family owned winery in California, dating back to 1858, when Bavarian immigrant Jacob Gundlach purchased 400 acres in Sonoma which he named...
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Rania Zayyat: Fostering Change in the Wine Industry
Rania Zayyat is in the center of a whirlwind. Some of it she has created herself by setting big goals to help others...
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Turning the Tables on Christopher Sawyer
Christopher Sawyer is an internationally-renowned sommelier, wine judge, consultant, wine journalist and public speaker...
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Molly Chappellet: Growing Grapes, Gardens, Family and Community in Napa
Maybe no image epitomizes winery matriarch Molly Chappellet more than the image of her walking out of her home and into the vineyard, a visit she enjoyed making from the time she and her husband Donn settled...
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