September 17, 2005
stormhoek u.s.a.
(Aiden Kenny, who took part in the recent Stormhoek Irish Blogger's Wine Freebie drew this wee picture. Very cool. Link here.)
Thanks to a New York Geek dinner hosted by the lovely Adrianna, 3 bottles of Stormhoek were sampled by bloggers on the other side of the pond [Bloggers' wine mentions here and here.]
Stormhoek has only just signed a distributor's deal in the States, so no large wine supply is over there yet. Those three bottles were hand-couriered by somebody flying over last week, then handed over to my main man in New York, Dave Parmet, who brought them along to the dinner.
Is three bottles enough to start an American product launch? I think it is.
Posted by hugh macleod at September 17, 2005 2:11 AM | TrackBackThose bottles would have gone a lot further \if some had reached me eloquent lips on theUS Left Bank. Hugh, I was involved a decade ago in something called Virtual Vineyards. Let's chat in the back channel. A Back Channel has nothing to do with a water body between the UK and the EU.
Posted by: shel israel at September 17, 2005 3:55 AMyour comment spam filter is too stringent
Posted by: adi at September 17, 2005 5:19 AMI wanted to be the first one on US soil!
Posted by: Jim Turner at September 17, 2005 7:11 AMDamn straight, it is.
West Coast bloggers ready and willing to take on the charge. Go, Stormhoek!
Posted by: Colleen at September 17, 2005 7:09 PM