World Tour 2009
My experience being on the road with rock bands in my previous life serves me well when I turn into a road warrior for Scott Paul (it’s not quite the same as being on the bus with Bret Michaels and Poison, but the food and wine is definitely a lot better in this incarnation!)
I’m taking off on Thursday for a couple days in Seattle (great winemaker dinner at Crush, killer tasting at Cellar 46) – and that begins a five-month schedule of trips around the country and across the ocean that will keep me rockin’ until mid-June. Next week it’s Colorado (Vail & Aspen, tough duty, I know), then Arizona, San Franciso, New York, Atlanta, Chicago and Burgundy – with trips still to schedule to LA and New Mexico and maybe Las Vegas. Other than that, I’ll be around a lot!
Between the marketing trips and our series of Burgundy classes and events here at the winery, I’m pretty much booked out until IPNC at the end of July. And truthfully, I wouldn’t have it any other way. I love what I do, I passionately believe in our wines and our Burgundian producers – and it’s a pleasure to go around the country helping to spread the gospel of great Pinot Noir. It also makes me realize how blessed I am to have such a great family, and a great team here at Scott Paul. Without all of their support – this could all implode tomorrow, and I know it, and I’m very thankful.
Of course I’ve still got time to obsess about my beloved soccer teams. My Arsenal boys are looking pretty woeful, and even with the signing yesterday of Andrei Arhavin from Russia I still think it’ll be a battle to grab 4th place and secure a Champions League slot. It appears that United should wine the league again – but in the CL this year I’ve got a feeling it’s all about Barcelona – they just look unstoppably good. Lionel Messi is clearly the best player in the world right now – and I’d take him over Cristiano Ronaldo any day.
(BTW – if you don’t get the european games on your cable or dish package – check out FootyTube – where you can get all of the highlights of all the games.)
And here’s Phoebus – one of the winery cats at Domaine Sigaut in Chambolle-Musigny, enjoying a romp in the cellar…
