Small Wineries, Great Wines
Small Wineries,
Great Wines
Archived Newsletters
Starting in June 2001, approximately every month, the
Orangewood Wines chief sales guy/sometimes delivery boy writes a newsletter.
This goes out to a mailing list that has reached several hundred over the 10 or
so years this has been going on. All the news letters are archived on this
site. Below is a list of newsletters with links to each one. There
is also a brief hint about the content.
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| YEAR | MONTH | VOLUME | ISSUE | CONTENT |
| 2001 | June | 1 | 1 | Inaugural edition. Territorial Bar and Grill, winesupply.net |
| July | 1 | 2 | Bistecca, Sportsmans, AJ's | |
| 1 | 3 | Newsflash - Frivolo at AJ's | ||
| August | 1 | 4 | Il Poggiolino | |
| September | ||||
| October | 1 | 5 | Visit to Italy | |
| 1 | 6 | Duck and Decanter | ||
| November | 1 | 7 | RustRidge Winery, Rosti Restaurant, Epicurean Wines | |
| 1 | 8 | Event Notification - Epicrean Wines | ||
| December | 1 | 9 | Visit to Vino Noceto and RustRidge in CA. Marinda Park | |
| 1 | 10 | Richardson's, Pizzeria Bianco | ||
| 1 | 11 | End of year summary, AZ Wine Company | ||
| 2002 | January | 1 | 12 | Event Update - Duck and Decanter |
| 1 | 13 | Cave Creek Coffee Company | ||
| February | 1 | 14 | Reflections on sales, Tarbell's, Ranch Pinot | |
| 1 | 15 | Breathing Lessons | ||
| March | ||||
| April | 1 | 16 | Scottsdale Culinary Festival, Marinda Park | |
| May | 1 | 17 | Scottsdale Culinary Festival, Private event | |
| 1 | 18 | Our Gang, Saluté | ||
| 1 | 19 | Nello's | ||
| June | 1 | 20 | Event at AZ Wine, Event feedback from Cave Creek Coffee Co. | |
| July | 1 | 21 | Marinda Park release | |
| 1 | 22 | Event Feedback, Vine to Wine Cellar (Prescott), Domaine Coteau | ||
| August | 1 | 23 | Event News Flash - Duck and Decanter | |
| 1 | 24 | First attempt at a Ramble, diary style | ||
| September | 1 | 25 | Sales Associate: Dick Kirkpatrick | |
| October | 1 | 26 | Sales Ramble, Prescott, House of Tricks, Fleming's | |
| November | 1 | 27 | Rambling (to The) Rose in Prescott, Shipping to Washington State | |
| 1 | 28 | Event Flash - House of Tricks | ||
| 1 | 29 | Rambling Delivery, Philosophy | ||
| December | 1 | 30 | Rambling Delivery, Chateau Benoit, Sugar and Spice Pecan Recipe | |
| 2003 | January | 1 | 31 | Sampling rates |
| February | 1 | 32 | Mark Rodman of Marinda park schedule | |
| February | 1 | 33 | Rambling delivery guy, Wine glut | |
| March | 1 | 34 | Wine glut part 2, Three buck Chuck tasting | |
| April | 1 | 35 | Westberg Cellars, Greg Herreros, Wine Glut Part 3 | |
| June | 1 | 36 | Rambling Winery Visitor | |
| June | 1 | 37 | Event postponement notice | |
| July | 1 | 38 | Rambling - Our recent car accident | |
| August | 1 | 40 | Visit to Westberg Cellars | |
| September | 1 | 41 | Events | |
| October | 1 | 42 | Office move | |
| November | 1 | 43 | Rambling about the Duck and Decanter | |
| December | 1 | 44 | Additional Sierra Foothills wineries | |
| 2004 | January | 2 | 1 | 2003 Review/Sampling costs |
| 2 | 2 | Event Feedback - Winebasket in Sedona | ||
| February | ||||
| March | 2 | 3 | 2003 Review/Sampling costs | |
| April | 2 | 4 | Event Feedback - Winebasket in Sedona | |
| May | 2 | 5 | New Winery - Ventana Vineyards | |
| June | 2 | 6 | New house in Cave Creek | |
| July | 2 | 7 | Rambling on why people buy a particular wine | |
| August | 2 | 8 | Beer drinking at wineries | |
| September | 2 | 9 | Lists of events and new accounts | |
| October | 2 | 10 | Event Feedback | |
| November | 2 | 11 | Laurie falls off Splashy, our new delivery vehicle | |
| 2 | 12 | Leaping Deer | ||
| December | ||||
| 2005 | January | 2 | 13 | 2004 in review |
| February | ||||
| March | 2 | 14 | Laurie's thyroid cancer, running for council | |
| April | 2 | 15 | My expectations for a winery, Latcham Vineyards visit | |
| May | 2 | 16 | Betty Bennett and Chatom Vineyards | |
| June | 2 | 17 | New Wineries: Lucas and Strata | |
| July | 2 | 18 | Delivery vehicle totaled | |
| August | 2 | 19 | Various feedback | |
| September | 2 | 20 | Merge with Craig | |
| October | ||||
| November | 2 | 21 | Visit to Oregon | |
| 2 | 22 | Visit to Blackjack Ranch, Davis Bynum, Barlow and Strata | ||
| December | 2 | 23 | Inventory control | |
| 2006 | January | 2 | 24 | Sierra Foothills event announcement |
| February | 2 | 25 | Mantra Wines, Delivery vehicles | |
| March | ||||
| April | ||||
| May | 2 | 26 | Newsletter writing, Customer Service | |
| 2 | 27 | Lost records | ||
| June | ||||
| July | 2 | 28 | New winery screening | |
| August | 3 | 1 | Start of Volume 3 | |
| September | 3 | 2 | Lunch in Santa Barbara and 4 winery visits | |
| October | 3 | 3 | New warehouse with 4 in Wine | |
| November | ||||
| December | 3 | 4 | Diagnosed with PMR | |
| 2007 | January | 3 | 5 | 2006 in Review |
| February | 3 | 6 | Winery Websites | |
| March | 3 | 7 | Visits to 6 CA wineries including Frank Family and Richard Grant | |
| April | 3 | 8 | Ramble to California | |
| May | ||||
| June | 3 | 9 | Visit to England | |
| July | 3 | 10 | Wrotham Pinot Noir grapes, Hiking in Cave Creek | |
| August | 3 | 11 | Reading tea leaves, visit to Colorado | |
| September | 3 | 12 | Winery postmortem, throat surgery | |
| October | 3 | 13 | Trade events | |
| November | 3 | 14 | Sales Management | |
| December | 3 | 15 | Holiday Edition | |
| 2008 | January | |||
| February | 3 | 16 | Internet service | |
| March | 3 | 17 | Sherlock Holmes | |
| April | 3 | 18 | The Dick hangs it up | |
| May | 3 | 19 | Trip to California | |
| June | ||||
| July | 3 | 20 | Rambled | |
| August | 3 | 21 | Customer staff training | |
| September | ||||
| October | 3 | 22 | Weather and Economy | |
| November | ||||
| December | 3 | 23 | The recession | |
| 2009 | January | 3 | 24 | Rush shipment |
| February | ||||
| March | 3 | 25 | Strata closes | |
| April | 3 | 26 | Company name and tag line | |
| May | 3 | 27 | Viognier, Visit to Oregon, Patty Green on clones | |
| June | 3 | 28 | Merlot, Orangewood Wines' tag line winner | |
| July | 3 | 29 | Rosé wines | |
| August | 3 | 30 | Petit Verdot, 8 year anniversary of the Newsletter | |
| September | 3 | 31 | Sangiovese, Trade show plans | |
| October | 3 | 32 | Lagrein, Trade show post mortem | |
| November | 3 | 33 | Chardonnay, OND | |
| December | 3 | 34 | Traditionally made sparkling wine, Navel gazing | |
| 2010 | January | 3 | 35 | Grenache, Patty Green visit |
| February | ||||
| March | 3 | 36 | Barbera, Half marathon training | |
| April | 3 | 37 | Sauvignon Blanc, Half marathon, Binkley's dinner | |
| May | 3 | 38 | New Wineries | |
| June | 3 | 39 | Yeast, Wine education, Grand Canyon hike | |
| July | 3 | 40 | Cooperage, Thoughts on trade tastings | |
| August | 4 | 1 | Cooperage - revisited, California trip | |
| September | 4 | 2 | Corked, Social media, Orangewood Website | |
| October | 4 | 3 | Moscato, 25 year wedding anniversary rambling | |
| November | ||||
| December | 4 | 4 | Storing Glasses, Visits to California, Ohio, New horse | |
| 2011 | January | 4 | 5 | Varietal: Symphony, Box Scores |
| February | 4 | 6 | Rhone Blends, Defects | |
| March | ||||
| April | 4 | 7 | Geographically Named Wines, 10 year anniversary of wine business | |
| May | 4 | 8 | Breathing, Economic outlook | |
| June | 4 | 9 | Capsules, Start of the newsletter | |
| July | 4 | 10 | Hints from the colour, Grand Canyon raft trip | |
| August | 4 | 11 | Bottle Size and Aging, Award trip to California | |
| September | 4 | 12 | Clues from the Nose, September 2001 in Italy | |
| October | 4 | 13 | Varietal Correctness, Bacchus wine store closes | |
| November | 4 | 14 | Clues from the Taste, Salesman Emeritus Jim Wallace | |
| December | 4 | 15 | Wine Hints of the Season, Origins of the Rambler | |
| 2012 | January | 4 | 16 | State of the Wine Industry, Skiing in Telluride |
| February | ||||
| March | 4 | 17 | Restaurant Pricing, Hike the Grand Canyon | |
| April | 4 | 18 | Logistics, Newsletter archive | |