By Dennis Carroll, Head Hooligan I always associated 20/20 vision with cool things; fighter pilots, great baseball players, people who saw situations clearly through the noise. Now when I hear 2020, I think of a year that seemed to never end, which brought more suffering, death, economic collapse, political unrest, climate change issues, racial awareness […]
More → by Adam LaZarre, Director of Winemaking at Wine Hooligans Writing a harvest recap report is normally an easy exercise each year. You discuss climactic conditions during the major phases of grape development throughout the growing season and finish with harvest notes and quality assessment. This year, not so much. I had the opportunity to bear […]
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By Dennis Carroll, Head Hooligan Years ago I wrote an article that was my take on “Ride Withs”. In the article I wrote about the genesis of the ride with: “Somewhere in the history of the supplier/distributor relationship, the “ride with” was born. In some office, in some city, someone came up with the idea […]
More → Trapped in our homes trying to sell wine, and having music on, I thought a little levity might brighten everyone’s day. With apologies to Broadway and the French Revolution, Wine Hooligans presents “One Day More”, a Sales Rep Revolution. Vive la révolution!
More → I wanted to reach out and let you know what we have done, and will continue to do at Wine Hooligans to “KEEP THE WINE FLOWING” during this very difficult period.
More → As Steve Miller sang, “Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ Into the future”. I heard that song in 1976 for the first time. I have heard it hundreds, if not thousands of times since that first time. That song sits frozen in my mind at 1976. When I hear it, my mind takes me back to […]
More → Disclaimer: this rant will only be meaningful to wine industry insiders. However, it’s one of the best examples of why selling wine in the United States is one of the strangest, most archaic, socially awkward, humiliating and straight up funny experiences anyone can have while trying to build a wine brand. Both the economic realities […]
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