How to screw free tastes out of hoity-toity winemakers

wineJust got off a four-day wine-tasting binge through California’s Napa Valley, and lemme tell you…

The absolute best way EVER to sample wines is when you ride on the coattails of an “independent wine consultant” (or any wiseguy in the wine industry).

These days, a lot of the hoity-toity wineries are charging 40 bucks to dribble tiny tastes of just four or five wines into your glass. But…

make nice with a savvy dude or dame in the wine biz and maybe, just maybe, they’ll escort you on a whirlwind tour where you’re treated like Barack, all your tastes are comped, and everything’s discounted 30%.

So my past few days were an extraordinary adventure.

The life of friggin’ Anthony Bourdain.

Problem is, next time I wanna spend a week guzzling wines, I can’t count on my wine industry pal being available for me to exploit.

So what’s the solution?

After giving it some thought, I came up with this…

Life sometimes offers free rides, but usually not.

To travel successfully and consistently along the wine trail of life, you’ve gotta earn your keep, pay your own way.

You have to get off your ass and work a little harder. You’ve gotta work on your blog, expand your email list, grind out more quality content, and produce more product.

And if you don’t have a blog (or any business of your own, for that matter), what’s holding you up?

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