All Things Wine
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Napa Museum…Takes a human interest approach.
In February 2011, Kristie Sheppard left the Napa Historical Society and became the Executive Director of Napa Valley Museum. Napa Valley Museum is a 30+ year old institution situated just outside of Yountville, across from the Lincoln Theater. Napa Valley Museum houses 3 gallery spaces-one featuring the history of Napa Valley and the other two [...]
Why are some wines $200 and more a bottle?
What makes a bottle of wine cost more than the average person is willing to pay? The other day I had a few minutes to spare, so I stopped to say hello to a friend who owns the St. Helena Wine Merchant-Jeff Yates. As most of my friends will attest, nothing is a quick hello [...]
A toast-”To Your Health
Resveratrol, do you really know how good it is? A few years ago I started looking at anti-aging products with the concept that one should work on not looking old. The concept was to address anti-aging from the perspective of– inside out and outside in. Simplistically the idea was to take raw materials used in [...]
Toasting Should Not Be Taken For Granted
My first exposure to the seriousness of “toasting” came from my time in the US Navy. The protocol and etiquette of “toasting” is even written in manuals; everything from the hierarchy of what and whom to toast to when to stand and even how to pass the wine/port. “Toasting” to this day is evident in [...]
Keeper of the Napa Valley Spirit-The Winery Definition Ordinance
The ordinance that regulates winery events and tasting activity in Napa is called the Winery Definition Ordinance (WDO) and originated in 1990. This ordinance gives wineries the authority to host events and pair wine with food as part of a wine marketing, education, etc. event. But the rules state that wineries may host functions only [...]
Aerating Glasses-New handmade, mouth blown wine glasses
We are offering on a test basis some new wine glasses we found from an artist in Seattle. These are elegant, light weight, sturdy and made of a special formula that is most similar to the quality of lab glass. What makes them unique is the spiraling ridges (I call them veins) that are on [...]
Hand turned bottle stoppers:corporate gifts, wedding favors, etc.
We offer more than 12 variations of bottle stoppers for every occasion: meeting take-aways, corporate branding, convention gifts, wedding favors, collections, etc. All are hand crafted and certified as hand turned. One thing in common is that Image of Wine only uses US food grade stainless steel from US sources. You can be assured of [...]
Learned Something new…
Hot pans and pots on a cold countertop made of stone will or can cause the stone countertop to crack. A company that imports stone countertops wanted to use our trivets in a photo shoot of some of their countertops for an ad. They recommend to all their customers that they use trivets with anything [...]
Gifts for attendees of meetings or events..
I’m reading an article in “Successful Meetings Magazine” and there was a brief discussion about the importance of providing gifts (as they called them, I prefer “recognition of attendance”) for people participating in events. Such gifts, they propose, are a lasting memento of things experienced and/or learned. That is precisely what Image of Wine is [...]
So your thinking about getting into the wine business!
Quote: “Who never drinks wine is a lamb, who drinks properly, is a lion, who drinks too much is a pig.” – from an inscription on an ancient Roman winery ruins discovered in southern Italy. I started my career in the travel business at Trans World Airlines selling incentive programs and corporate meetings. Along the [...]