Comments on: SIPPED: diary of a wine rep http://www.drvino.com/2011/09/12/wine-sales-rep-blog/ wine talk that goes down easy Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jean-Luc http://www.drvino.com/2011/09/12/wine-sales-rep-blog/#comment-352328 Jean-Luc Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:30:12 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=9583#comment-352328 Dear Wine Rep,
It’s funny you would ask. I actually pretty much only have great things to say about the fine wine reps who help me curate the collection of wines I have in my store.
The ones who
-regularly forgot my allocations
-send me 10 unrequested emails a day
-screw up my orders
-Show up uninvited for the -nth time
-Try to push on me the wines that are going to get them a vacay in South Beach
(I’m sure I forgot a few things)
I GOT RID OFF A LONG TIME AGO, and some of them are probably like you writing blogs of net or trashing the mouths that fed them in chatrooms just to prove their sense of self-worth.
So here’s to my wine reps
Jean-Luc

]]> By: Wine Rep http://www.drvino.com/2011/09/12/wine-sales-rep-blog/#comment-352208 Wine Rep Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:52:11 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=9583#comment-352208 You’re probably right… I like where I live and I like where I sell. Jean-Luc, I would love to hear some of your stories about your beloved wine reps… I’m sure you have a trunk load of ‘em… why don’t you submit to the Cattle Call?

]]> By: Jean-Luc http://www.drvino.com/2011/09/12/wine-sales-rep-blog/#comment-352207 Jean-Luc Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:17:39 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=9583#comment-352207 I didn’t think so. You wouldn’t make here darling

]]> By: Wine Rep http://www.drvino.com/2011/09/12/wine-sales-rep-blog/#comment-352142 Wine Rep Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:20:25 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=9583#comment-352142 Who says I’m in NYC?

]]> By: Jean-Luc http://www.drvino.com/2011/09/12/wine-sales-rep-blog/#comment-352133 Jean-Luc Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:35:14 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=9583#comment-352133 Unlike “Dear Wine Buyer” I don’t need to hide my identity.
Pretty funny blog.
I trust you are one of the 1% of wine salesperson in NYC that actually knows what you’re talking about when you’re breaking our chops to present us with your latest shitty winemaker from CA that your boss forced you to walk around the city on a leash.
Good day

]]> By: Alissa LPBSeenher http://www.drvino.com/2011/09/12/wine-sales-rep-blog/#comment-352106 Alissa LPBSeenher Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:12:59 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=9583#comment-352106 Thank you for this gem! I have gotten far too absorbed in this already today. Love the snarky humor-a perfect indulgence while my little ones are having their daily dose of PBS!

]]> By: Dr. Vino http://www.drvino.com/2011/09/12/wine-sales-rep-blog/#comment-352097 Dr. Vino Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:54:27 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=9583#comment-352097 My pleasure, wine rep! I was going to give you an 89 but I know that wouldn’t get your blog anywhere. So I took pity and volted you way up to the 92. Now I think you are supposed to paper your blog with shelf-talkers–they’re free, after all! And, yes, Wine REPublic wrote the item about selling wines of Languedoc. You should make him/her a member of your blog staff.

Glad you have Wine Politics on your Kindle and hope you enjoy it.

]]> By: 92 pts from Dr. Tyler Colman! « dear winebuyer http://www.drvino.com/2011/09/12/wine-sales-rep-blog/#comment-352078 92 pts from Dr. Tyler Colman! « dear winebuyer Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:31:16 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=9583#comment-352078 [...] Dear Dr. Vino, [...]

]]> By: Wine Rep http://www.drvino.com/2011/09/12/wine-sales-rep-blog/#comment-352077 Wine Rep Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:09:17 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=9583#comment-352077 Why thank you, Doctor! I’m flattered! And not at all fictitious, but really real and really spending my days selling wine. Thanks for the favorable score! It’s wonderful to see a number like that and yet know that I don’t have to spend the rest of the evening making shelf-talkers for it! The post in question was actually from The REPublic, meaning it was sent in from a reader… the introduction in Italics is mine. But I have to admit that upon reading his Dear Winebuyer letter, I was inspired to fill my bag with the Languedoc wines that I currently sell. And I hope it inspires other reps to do the same and other buyers to be more open-minded on what they can or can’t sell.

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