Kicking off the New Year…
That it can already be four days into 2009 is nearly incomprehensible to me. Life is simply going by too fast. It truly seems like a matter of months ago that we left L.A. to head up to the Napa Valley and try our hand at “something in the wine business”. Well, that was a full ten years ago. Since then we’ve had a daughter who’s now 8 1/2, moved to Oregon, managed Domaine Drouhin Oregon, built a new winery and planted a new vineyard, and started a national importing busniness that now features 17 producers in Burgundy and Champagne. Oh yeah, and we’ve built up our little brand to the point where we have thousands of loyal mailing list customers and great distributors in key markets around the country and we’re consistently getting nice national press. How did all of that happen? It all seems like a blur at times. More than anything it reminds me to be very thankful, and I offer my heartfelt gratitude to each of you.
We’ve enjoyed some great meals over the holidays, at home and out. A tremendous dinner at Paley’s Place, a new neighborhood brasserie called Café Nell, wonderful wines and nibbles at Bar Avignon, and a killer chicken & sausage gumbo that Martha made for New Year’s Eve. (See Martha’s blog for all the in-depth foodie updates.)
Now it’s back to some semblance of reality. Since the first snow storm hit back on December 13th, we’ve basically been off of any semblance of a normal routine. With school starting back up tomorrow, we’re actually looking forward to the structure and “normalcy” that comes with rejoining daily life – whatever that may be!
It’s going to be an exciting year in the ongoing evolution of Scott Paul. Thanks for joining us on the journey – there’s never a dull moment…
And while we’re in the middle of a few weeks of what looks to be endless grey skies and rain, here’s a reminder of what it looks like in the sun! And don’t forget, we’ve finally got Part 2 of our Burgundy 101 Podcast up and running – check it out!
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