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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

On The 8TH County Winery Prince Edward County

This is the last one for now. A new video has been made On The 8TH County Winery Prince Edward County. It is available on the Wine Dining Vlog or Wine Dining Channel. The links for both are on the right of this post

Keint-he Winery & Vineyards Prince Edward County

Another one. A new video has been made Keint-he Winery & Vineyards Prince Edward County. It is available on the Wine Dining Vlog or Wine Dining Channel
the links for these are to the right of this entry.

Waupoos Estates Gazebo Restaurant Prince Edward County

Another one. A new video has been made for Waupoos Estates Gazebo Restaurant Prince Edward County. It is available on the Wine Dining Vlog or Wine Dining Channel the links for these are to the right of this entry.

Casa-Dea Estate Winery La Pergola Restaurant Prince Edward County

Some more catchup. A new video is available for Casa-Dea Estate Winery La Pergola Restaurant Prince Edward County. It can be viewed on the Wine Dining
Vlog or Wine Dining Channel. The links for these are to the right of this entry

Devils Wishbone Winery Prince Edward County


Im a bit tardy with this but here goes anyways. A new video has been made for
Devils Wishbone Winery in Prince Edward County. Its available on the Wine Dining Vlog or Wine Dining Channel. The links for them are on the right of this entry

Monday, August 29, 2011

An End of an Era. Not! (for me)

When I heard about Gary Vaynerchuk stopping his Daily Grape program I watched his last episode and then thought about it.
I watched for a while (WLTV) but I grew tired of his schtick and got turned off by what I considered childish behaviour. Specifically coming on with first growth Boredeaux and pretending like he was going to open it up and review it and then stopping the episode.
As far as I can see he never made any direct money from WLTV and Daily Grape but he established a brand for himself that opened up ancillary opportunities.
Specifically books, speaking engagements, Vayner Media consulting, he has an agent that handles only A list entertainment personalities. I'm sure all this lets him command 7 figure compensation from these alone.
Yes he is a natural talent and yes he would have been successful otherwise but the fact remains he worked for his fathers business and had access to opportunities in the industry that most people would not have.
If he has had some setbacks like Cork'D they don't take away from his ancillary successes (which make him a winner already).
I don't mean to say that Gary didn't work his butt off, he did, but his successes don't impress me as much as someone like Mark Fusco 1337 Wine who started out with next to nothing (in knowledge and resources).
You see Vaynerchuk did what came naturally for him and although he put in a hell of a lot of work it was within "his comfort zone". I watched Mark from the beginning and it was obvious he was outside what was comfortable for him but he worked and got better at it.
So Gary Vaynerchuk, you are extremely talented and a hell of a worker, you deserve everything you have earned but the podcasts I have done Wine Dining Review and World Wine review are directly inspired from 1337 Wine.