Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 7:45 AM
Subject: Orangewood Wines Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 3 - October 22nd,
2006
Introduction
The trade tasting events are behind us, thank you to all of
you who took the time to visit us in Scottsdale
or Tucson.
Recent news covered in this newsletter: we have hired a second driver, we are
starting to use a new warehouse, we lost one winery and my knee is killing
me.
Box Score
New
Restaurants: 3
New Wine Stores/Wine Bars: 2
New Wineries: -1
New Driver: 1
Contents
New Restaurants
New Wine Stores/Wine Bars
“New Wineries”
Additional Driver
Rambling
New Restaurants
Olive
& Ivy Restaurant + Marketplace
Olive & Ivy, 7135
East Camelback Road (Scottsdale
Waterfront),
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
(480) 751-2200
Elements
Restaurant
5700 East McDonald
Drive,
Paradise Valley, AZ
85253
(480) 607-2300
Different
Pointe of View
11111 North 7th
Street
Phoenix, AZ
85020
(602) 866-6350
New Wine
Stores/Wine Bars
Park Wines
76 North Old
Litchfield Road
Litchfield Park, Arizona
85340
(623) 935-9090
Beverages and More!
7230 West Ray Rd.
Suite 4
Chandler, AZ85226US
(480) 961-9100
“New Wineries”
Most of you probably already know that Napa Cellars now has
a different distributor representing them in Arizona. It was a few weeks ago when
Napa Cellars was sold to Trinchero Family Estates,
better known for their Sutter Home labeled wine. TFE already deals with 2
distributors in Arizona
and decided that they did not need a third. We enjoyed working with the
Napa Cellars people and the wines were well made and aggressively priced.
Now, however, all the people we knew (Wine Maker, National Sales Director and
Administrative Manager – Todd, Scott and Rachelle) are focusing on the Frank
Family Winery, so our relationships continue. Meanwhile we are working
with our customers to find attractive alternatives. Each customer’s needs
are different, we do not have a one size fits all solution.
Additional
Driver
Many of you have met Xandria by now. She has been
delivering wine for us since August 15th. A California native, she joins us with a
wealth of background - bass guitar player, project manager, bartender, the list
goes on. She is driving our newer delivery vehicle, the Honda Element,
while Greg continues to enjoy the Scion xB.
Rambling
The logistics of getting wine from winery to customer is
what distributors are all about. We have been working with a commercial
warehouse for 5 years now and we constantly ask ourselves if this is the right
thing. It has costs and benefits, and it affects the way we deal with the
wineries we represent, as well as the service we provide to our
customers. We have finally taken the plunge and will be working with Lena of “4 in Wine” (and you thought I had bad puns) a
distributor of primarily German wines. She founded the company and has
been its primary driver for 8 years. We will be sharing a warehouse where
most of our wine will be stored. The new facility has costs and benefits,
as well, and it will impact our relationships with our wineries and customers
differently. On the shipping to Arizona
side, I expect that we will be ordering less wine more frequently. On the
delivery side we will have more flexibility to accept orders later in the day
and be able to react better to emergencies during evenings and weekends.
Knees are very fragile, and when I see a 250 pound tackle
hit the side of a quarterback’s knee I wince. I don’t know what has
happened to my knee that has caused me so much pain, but I am finding that rest
and elevation provide some relief while I wait to get time with experts who can
figure out the root cause. I will be doing lots of that as I try to avoid
a third career as a whine merchant. For those of you who are used to
seeing me regularly, it may be phone calls for a while.
Cin-cin, alla salute!
From
all of us at Orangewood Wines
Richard
(newsletter writer) and Laurie Corles (editor)
Orangewood
Wines