Has this board ever REALLY helped or hurt a winery?

[ToddFrench]

Wow 26 pages of pure awesome, that thread.

[Victor_Hong]

That winery no longer exists.

[Jorge_Henriquez]

@Victor Hong

That winery no longer exists.

Did it ever exist to begin with? Thought it was one of those “only on the label” type of Bodega.

[Victor_Hong]

@Jorge Henriquez

@Victor Hong

That winery no longer exists.

Did it ever exist to begin with? Thought it was one of those “only on the label” type of Bodega.

I was waiting for someone to say so.

[Jorge_Henriquez]

Yu welcom.

[Corey_N]

@John Morris

@Andrew Morris

On the other hand, it has hurt winery operation when I consider how I have neglected my family, friends, choirs etc. to spend time here with all of you nut-jobs. So, probably a wash?

I hope you can find the right balance so you still keep making your wines and we still get your presence here.

+1. However, if it comes down to your participation vs. the Ronda’s Vineyard PN, I’ll go with the latter.

Disclaimer: I consider Andrew a friend and he has the good sense to consider me an enemy.

[Jorge_Henriquez]

If we all come together as a community, I’m confident we can turn this project into the next Golden Goose!

Faith Wine

[Jay_Miller]

@Jorge Henriquez

If we all come together as a community, I’m confident we can turn this project into the next Golden Goose!

http://faithtofruition.weebly.com/

Or Golden Mustard Seed of Faith.

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

@Jay Miller

@Jorge Henriquez

If we all come together as a community, I’m confident we can turn this project into the next Golden Goose!

http://faithtofruition.weebly.com/

Or Golden Mustard Seed of Faith.

Nice.

[Joe_Chanley]

I can only speak for myself, but this board prompted me to get on the Bedrock bandwagon early. Not that Morgan wouldn’t have succeeded regardless, but the hype train was going early.

[Roy_Piper]

There was a board dustup over customer service at one very well-known Sonoma Chard producer a year or two ago that I know caused big waves there.

[Dan_Hammer]

@John Morris

I stand corrected, Victor. Thanks for unearthing some fond memories. The best part of that saga for me was Dan Posner’s epic bad tasting with four bottles of Sierra Carche that were each uniquely defective.

I was at the Posner lunch. Even I, or all people, could taste how horrible that wine was.

[John_Morris]

And so many of the other ~10-15 wines served that day! Dan really worked to select the dreck to clear out. So many wines, so many flaws.

Returning to the original topic, WB has made me aware of a lot of California producers who probably wouldn’t have been on my radar otherwise - Rhys, Bedrock, Briceland, Broc, Clos Saron.

[Nola_Palomar]

@Todd F r e n c h

There are also a few that rely strongly on BerserkerDay in their sales strategies for the year

Like Merrill, this would include Veleta, we love that our Wines, EVOO and other gourmet products have found followers. But more for me on a personal side, I feel at home here. I hope our friends here realize how much Juan and I appreciate your support.

Berserker Forever!!!

[Ken_Strauss]

@Nola Palomar

@Todd F r e n c h

There are also a few that rely strongly on BerserkerDay in their sales strategies for the year

Like Merrill, this would include Veleta, we love that our Wines, EVOO and other gourmet products have found followers. But more for me on a personal side, I feel at home here. I hope our friends here realize how much Juan and I appreciate your support.

Berserker Forever!!!

On the other side I will never purchase a wine from the creep that insulted you!

Love the EVOO!

Not going to announce the name of a board favorite. If you don’t know pm me.

[CFu]

@Roy Piper

There was a board dustup over customer service at one very well-known Sonoma Chard producer a year or two ago that I know caused big waves there.

which one was it? Was it aubert? Where the guy got kicked off the list? I thought that was recent.

[Sean_Malloy]

I think that it might help a lot in ways that are hard to quantify. For example, I started buying Carlisle because of this board. I would have quickly stopped, had it not been awesome wine, but it was and now I buy a case or more a year. Then I served some to a friend and now he’s on the list buying a case here and there. Then he served it to his dad, who is now on the list. So because of this Board, just because I logged on, that’s something like four or five cases a year. A drop in the bucket, but that’s just how this board made a tiny imprint on one winery through one person. My guess is that it adds up pretty significantly, often in unknown ways, for a lot of producers. And I echo the others who have said that these great winemakers would certainly be successful regardless and this is just one piece of it. But I wouldn’t underestimate the impact.

[Dennis_Kanagie]

@Ken Strauss

On the other side I will never purchase a wine from the creep that insulted you!

Not going to announce the name of a board favorite. If you don’t know pm me.

Neither will I.

[Marcus_Goodfellow]

@Andrew Morris

This board is helping Briceland Vineyards in 3 ways: 1. Some sales in January help with cash flow in getting ready for bottling in the spring. 2. Berserkers have given us a Cellar Tracker presence that we would not otherwise have. This will help as I start selling wine outside of Humboldt. 3. I have gotten to know a few people who are helpful to the winery.

On the other hand, it has hurt winery operation when I consider how I have neglected my family, friends, choirs etc. to spend time here with all of you nut-jobs. So, probably a wash?

Ha! Too true…

[Wes_Barton]

@Sean Malloy

I think that it might help a lot in ways that are hard to quantify. For example, I started buying Carlisle because of this board. I would have quickly stopped, had it not been awesome wine, but it was and now I buy a case or more a year. Then I served some to a friend and now he’s on the list buying a case here and there. Then he served it to his dad, who is now on the list. So because of this Board, just because I logged on, that’s something like four or five cases a year. A drop in the bucket, but that’s just how this board made a tiny imprint on one winery through one person. My guess is that it adds up pretty significantly, often in unknown ways, for a lot of producers. And I echo the others who have said that these great winemakers would certainly be successful regardless and this is just one piece of it. But I wouldn’t underestimate the impact.

That’s a good point. I think we all have local wine friends who aren’t Berserkers. It might be word of mouth for us, but our friends get to try the wines.