Friday, November 30, 2012

Top 10 Reasons I am Spoiled by Steve Cass

I am often asked if I am happy with the way things are working out in the winery or in the vineyard, and I always say I am, even if it is not my best day of the week...here are the top 10 reasons why:

10.  Customers who come to the tasting rooms are invariably happy people, looking to have a good time.

9. Customers who come to tasting rooms are invariable honest and trustworthy...in 8 years only one check has bounced, and that was a friends. We have also had customers call us from their car to say they had forgotten to pay and gave us their credt card number over the phone.

8. The Vineyard has its own separate beauty each season.

7. Customers who come tasting are invarably beautiful people, always inside and often outside. I truly appreciate women in summer dresses.

6. Customers who come to tasting rooms sometimes have very interesting stories to tell if you engage with them. Pilots, actors, athletes, coachs, producers, etc. etc.

5. There is nothing sweeter than a cold beer after a long day on the crush pad during harvest.

4 Almost all customers say they like your wines, even if they don't buy any.

3. I have become friends with lots of tasting room customers.

2. Some tasting room customers buy lots of wine...I hate when that happens.

1. Some women who come into the tasting room are really, really wild. (Since Alice may reading this, I'll leave it to your imagination).