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Making the Most of a Vintage

As we all know, a vintage is simply a year. The word “vintage” connotes more than just a number, depending on what you’re talking about. In the case of, say, an uncle, it’s deferential to refer to his vintage when … Continue reading

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Volunteer Management

At a major wine event with my wife. A volunteer walks up and asks who did the brochure. I say, “We did it.” She says, “I’ll fix it for wine.” While any volunteer that doesn’t want to be there can certainly opt to bow out next year, a volunteer also has two things: 1) entitlement to an honest opinion 2) a responsibility to respect the participant as the reason for the event. Continue reading

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