So we've always been sorta on the map, as far as boutique liquor/wine stores go. We've been mentioned in several publications, have a great reputation for talent, skill, and our collection, and most people in the high end of the business are at least aware of us peripherally. We're not on par with a couple of NYC institutions, but we haven't been around nearly as long.
Our esteem has risen lately, though. Boss had me put together a natural wines tasting for one of the biggest names in the natural wines movement, and he's using my recommendation - everyone is uber-excited about it. Then, today, he handed me a printout from his email, and said "I need you to define these underlined terms, because I'm not familiar with them, and we have to pair."
The name in the "from" section? A certain chef, well-known for his gourmet Italian restaurants, as well as his (rather large) presence on a certain cooking channel. He's cooking for a fundraising dinner hosted by a friend of Boss, and the friend said we'd do the wine - Mr. Chef said he'd been here before, and that we were "delightful," that he'd be happy to have us do the wine, as long as he had final say.
So yeah. We're definitely moving up in the world a bit. I'm excited.
Our esteem has risen lately, though. Boss had me put together a natural wines tasting for one of the biggest names in the natural wines movement, and he's using my recommendation - everyone is uber-excited about it. Then, today, he handed me a printout from his email, and said "I need you to define these underlined terms, because I'm not familiar with them, and we have to pair."
The name in the "from" section? A certain chef, well-known for his gourmet Italian restaurants, as well as his (rather large) presence on a certain cooking channel. He's cooking for a fundraising dinner hosted by a friend of Boss, and the friend said we'd do the wine - Mr. Chef said he'd been here before, and that we were "delightful," that he'd be happy to have us do the wine, as long as he had final say.
So yeah. We're definitely moving up in the world a bit. I'm excited.
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