New Winemaker at Turley

Tegan Passalaqua is the new head guy. Has Ehren gone strictly Failla?

Via Thirst Wine Merchants

Do I care? Seriously?

Actually, I think this is old news.

Good thing this wasn’t posted in the ‘Bob Wood’ subforum.

Is Mr Passalaqua a protege of Ehren’s or someone new?

Tegan is a grower and has been helping Ehren in the cellar as well. He’s a local Sonoma guy. This is not old news.

What the matter Bob, get some tainted Starbucks?

Congrats to Tegan. Breaking news (at least to me) although he has been with Turley for probably close to a decade now. Not sure if he would describe himself as a protege or not?

Should we really be using up precious bandwidth on news that matters not to Bob, though?

Tegan posts here occasionally. You could send him a PM if you want to confirm this. But his last name is spelled “Passalacqua”.

Congrats to Tegan. Given what I know of him, I see no way that he doesn’t do great things.

Thank you Bob Wood neener

This isn’t some arcane bit of grammar, this is the man’s name. And if someone wanted to PM him, they would need to know the exact spelling. neener

I have great respect for Ehren, but I’m thrilled by this news. Very exciting.

Sorry but the news blurb spelled it wrong too.

Rather than speculate, here’s the word straight from the horse’s mouth:

"On Feb 28, 2012, at 8:37 AM, Ehren Jordan wrote:

Reports of my demise are premature. More of an acknowledgment of the fact that Tegan is responsible for the day to day. I’ve assumed the role of “Director of Winemaking” amongst other soon to be announced grand titles.

Sent from my iPhone"