The Wine Does Not Sell Itself
The Wine Does Not Sell Itself Plenty of wineries still run on the assumption that great wine sells itself. Tasting
Ten acres on Steiner Road
Vineyard 1869 on the counter at Scott Harvey Wines, Shenandoah Valley, September 5, 2026. Photo: Patrick R. Dunn. There was
Who Tells the Story While the Owner Is in the Cellar
Who Tells the Story While the Owner Is in the Cellar Harvest pulls the winemaker out of the tasting room
The number nobody prints
The Number Nobody Prints By Patrick R. Dunn The tasting room at Casque Wines sits on a flower farm outside
Thirty Seconds of Production
Most tasting rooms already brief before a shift. Reservations, large parties, stations, what is out of stock. None of it is about what the staff say to guests. During harvest the thing changing daily is not the logistics, it is the material.
Pour the Port Over the Ice Cream
I was ten years old in rural Maine and dessert came out of a saucepan. Dark chocolate melted down with
The Winery That Makes Friends
It was bubbles, that much I know, because bubbles are how Amista Vineyards starts every visit and there is a
Slow the Tasting Room Down on the Days It Fills Up
Insights Slow the Tasting Room Down on the Days It Fills Up Harvest is running early across California, the tasting
Nothing Went Wrong
Stories Nothing Went Wrong Two nights in Portland at a hotel that did everything correctly, and gave me no reason
Why I’ll Always Be a Storyteller
The Pour Story Society Why I’ll Always Be a Storyteller By Patrick R. Dunn The table in West Gardiner, Maine.