Wine Selling Champeeene!

Just a few bits a pieces to report today...it's been about a month now that I have been running the Lafayette Resevoir each and every morning before work and I must say, it is finally starting to pay off...I'm losing a teeny bit of the carefully crafted beer gut I attained during my Euro Beer Fest of 2006, and feeling a bit more energetic lately. It helps when I girl works 12 hours a day...speaking of work, I am well on my way to winning the second wine contest of the summer. Last month, I sold the most bottles of Peju Cabernet (I'm pictured at the winery with my trophy) and this month I am well ahead of everyone else in Cakebread Cellars Chardonnay. Next month is Rombauer, which is going to be a real challenge because it is easy to sell and the prize is a weekend in Yountville, including dinner at Bouchon. Rombauer is affectionately known as "Danville Crack" so my peers are going to be in the hunt, and no one wants me to win again. This will be my biggest challenge yet. (Pictured are some of my co-workers and I up in Napa for a "field trip" wine tasting to Peju, Cakebread, Keenan and Rombauer, June 11-2007)

A final thought, my mentor and friend Jack Moore has just opened a super cool restaurant in Lafayette called "Metro." For those of you in the Bay Area, please stop by! For the rest of you, please check out his website at http://www.metrolafayette.com/ It's nice to know that my friends are flourishing and also, great to know that I can always come back and have a place to work. Ciao!