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Rumors

Denyse and I are in San Francisco and did a trade drinking for select buyers. We highlighted about 26 wines and 28 customers and it was a thoroughly enjoyable event at a select restaurant in a select neighborhood.

It is amazing how quickly rumors spread in the wine trade. A sommelier from a major restaurant (great reviews, Wine Spectator Awards, James Beard Awards) asked me if it was true that we were leaving our New York distributor for VOS Selections.

While we have always had great admiration for Victor Schwartz and all the hard work he and the Schwartz organization are famous for, we remain loyal to our distributor of ten years. Ten year relationships in the fast-moving wine business are something to cherish and built on and we have no intention of jumping to the Schwartz's because they might offer us a better deal and increased sales.

Sheila Doherty's Angel Card word of the day is Integrity. As Sheila has pointed out, Integrity and Honesty are two sides of the same coin.


- Joe Dressner 2-22-2010 7:10pm

this kabbala stuff

is really great. honesty and integrity, i love it. it is cutting edge stuff i'm telling ya'!
posted by the sheriff 2-22-2010 7:20pm
I've been meaning to ask....are you really a sheriff?

What are your sheriffing credentials?

Who certified you?
posted by Joe Dressner 2-22-2010 7:32pm

absolutely

don't you recall me busting mayor (for life) bloomberg for smoking pot? i was on the cover of time magazine.
posted by the sheriff 2-23-2010 9:43am
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Joe Dressner - Captain Tumor Man!


Hi, I'm Joe Dressner the famous wine importer and I have brain cancer!

I already have a wine blog and frankly wine is such a luxury business that I hate to mix my cancer problems with my wine observations. I think it would be a general downer for the lifestyle crowd out there.

Furthermore, we in the wine trade always claim there are tremendous health benefits to drinking wine. I've already had cardiovascular bypass surgery over eight years ago and now I got a tumor aggressively rattling in my brain. My colleagues in the glamorous wine industry want me to keep it quiet.

So, I've started this wonderful new blog to discuss wine, brain tumors, my life and to give you hot tips on handling the cancer stricken around you. There will also be practical wine/radiation pairings when I start radiation therapy and chemotherapy next week.

Having brain cancer means I might both physically and intellectually decline. So, I will be using this blog as a venue to pursue petty vendettas against relatives, acquaintances and people in the wine trade.

I might also lose touch with reality and say things that are not true or are only half true. The important thing is to have fun and enjoy this rare and precious time in my life.

One of my pet vendettas is my cousin Dr. Barbara Hirsch. Dr. Barbara Hirsch is a very important Great Neck Endocrinologist, who was raised and nurtured by my parents. Dr. Hirsch waited until my father was near death and my mother was suffering from a rare neuromuscular disorder, to write them a seven page letter denouncing them for being horrible to her for the entirety of her life! Despite my concerns, Dr. Hirsch still refuses to apologize.

Last night, I drank a beautiful bottle of Bourgueil Clos Sénéchal 2005 from Pierre Breton. It was sublime and reminded me that I used to be healthy. Not only that, the vineyard used to be there before I existed. It exists independently of my having cancer and will continue to exist. You ought to buy some.

August 2009 Postscript: Not only does it exist independently of my cancer, it also exists independently of Louis/Dressner Selections. After 18 years, they have dumped us for Kermit Lynch. Oh well. At least I'm alive!