Matthew McDermaid grew up around vineyards. His family owns two vineyards in the Sonoma Valley, GlenLyon Vineyards & Winery and Two Amigos Winery. Determined to make the most of his current Wine Business Professional MBA training at Sonoma State, he is is also interning at the family-run Meeker Vineyard and Winery. 

He was full-bore with the harvest until the Kincaid Fires hit and the teams were all evacuated. Avina sent our wishes and prayers for the best possible outcome in this area. In addition to the Meeker harvest, his very own vineyard just yielded around 1.6 tons, eventually 100 cases of Cabernet Franc as a starting point. We were fortunate enough to chat with Matthew about recent workdays, current trends in the wine business and social media, and how he feels that the industry could reach out to younger generations. 

For more information on  GlenLyon, Two Amigos, and Meeker Wineries.

For more information on Avina Wine Accessory products: https://avinawinetools.com/

17. Millenial Diversity in the Wine Industry – How to use your WSET.

Meet Charlotte Jacquemin. Charlotte is a London-based Marketing and Events Executive for iSoftBet. iSoftBet supplies online and mobile casino software games offering games to world’s biggest E-gaming operators. Passionate about wine and how she can use it in her work, last year, Charlotte took the Wine & Spirit Education Trust Level 1 in Wine & Food Pairing and we thought it might be interesting for the listeners of this Wine Business Podcast to hear how this young exec is using this certificate in her current position.

Please find more information about the Wine and Spirit Education Trust here: https://www.wsetglobal.com

To reach Charlotte: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-jacquemin-a0729047/

For more information on Avina Wine Accessory products: https://avinawinetools.com/

Hugues Jacquemin is no stranger to tough industries, currently running the America’s Division OCSIAL group where he sells things that no-one can see! OCSIAL is a global carbon nano-technology company based in Luxembourg. 

He lives a high-octane lifestyle, traveling the world on a weekly basis, entertaining with wine for business and training for many different triathlons on the weekends. 

Here he gives us his story, telling us about a great passion for wine, viewpoints on the wine industry, his dreams of owning a vineyard and even sharing innovative strategy needed to rapidly grow a business – which is why he gets paid the big bucks!

For contact with Hugues: https://www.linkedin.com/in/huguesjacquemin/

For more information on Avina products: https://avinawinetools.com/

Pour yourself a glass and get ready for this one….

The Avina Wine Business Podcast is a show where we talk to interesting people from the fascinating world of wine.

This week’s guest is our fellow expat Colin Harkness. He started out in the UK as a professional football/soccer scout producing one of England’s finest strikers – Michael Owen.

These days Colin is very active in the wine industry. With a strong presence on Twitter, Colin tweets about being a wine judge, a wine writer and a host of wine tastings and tours.

Avina’s Joanna Stevens sat down with Colin and talked about just how he got from football to wine.

Listen, subscribe and pass the pod!

Connect with Colin on Twitter. https://twitter.com/colinonwine.

For more about Avina Wine Accessories go to http://avinawinetools.com/

The Avina Wine Business Podcast is a show where we talk to interesting people from the fascinating world of wine.

This week’s guest is our fellow expat Colin Harkness. He started out in the UK as a professional football/soccer scout producing one of England’s finest strikers – Michael Owen.

These days Colin is very active in the wine industry. With a strong presence on Twitter, Colin tweets about being a wine judge, a wine writer and a host of wine tastings and tours.

Avina’s Joanna Stevens sat down with Colin and talked about just how he got from football to wine.

Listen, subscribe and pass the pod!

Connect with Colin on Twitter. https://twitter.com/colinonwine.

For more about Avina Wine Accessories go to http://avinawinetools.com/

The Avina Podcast is a show where we talk to interesting people in the wine industry including winery owners, wine retailers, wine industry decision makers, and more.

This weeks guest is Julien Miquel, who is so knowledgeable about wine and social media in the wine industry that we could have never fit this talk into our usual 15-20 minute episode.

We simply asked Julien about wine and 1 hour later we had to stop him or we would have had another hour of brilliant, intriguing, passionate wine talk. So for the next 4 episodes grab yourself a glass of Bordeaux, a notepad, and tune in to hear Julien speak about wine in his famous French accent and enjoy! 

For more go tohttp://avinawinetools.com/trade or http://socialvignerons.com/. And to make sure you wont miss the next episode subscribe now and we’ll see you next week!

The Avina Podcast is a show where we talk to interesting people in the wine industry including winery owners, wine retailers, wine industry decision makers, and more.

This weeks guest is Julien Miquel, who is so knowledgeable about wine and social media in the wine industry that we could have never fit this talk into our usual 15-20 minute episode.

We simply asked Julien about wine and 1 hour later we had to stop him or we would have had another hour of brilliant, intriguing, passionate wine talk. So for the next 4 episodes grab yourself a glass of Bordeaux, a notepad, and tune in to hear Julien speak about wine in his famous French accent and enjoy! 

For more go to http://avinawinetools.com/trade or http://socialvignerons.com/. And to make sure you wont miss the next episode subscribe now and we’ll see you next week!

The Avina Podcast is a show where we talk to interesting people in the wine industry including winery owners, wine retailers, wine industry decision makers, and more.

This weeks guest is Julien Miquel, who is so knowledgeable about wine and social media in the wine industry that we could have never fit this talk into our usual 15-20 minute episode.

We simply asked Julien about wine and 1 hour later we had to stop him or we would have had another hour of brilliant, intriguing, passionate wine talk. So for the next 4 episodes grab yourself a glass of Bordeaux, a notepad, and tune in to hear Julien speak about wine in his famous French accent and enjoy! 

For more go to http://avinawinetools.com/trade or http://socialvignerons.com/. And to make sure you wont miss the next episode subscribe now and we’ll see you next week!