Ever seen the Kevin Costner movie, "Dances with Wolves"? Nah, me neither. I sat in front of the TV whilst it was playing via the video player once but I fell asleep somewhere just after it began. The movie title is cool though! And it made a nice little heading for this blog.
Last Friday I had a dance with David Prescott from Wine and More, Albany.
- He has been selling wine some 30 years
David has owned his current wine store before. He built it!
- He has made wine
From grape growing to selling the bottled product and everything in between
- He has blended wine
This is when many multiple barrells have been produced from a crop. Some will taste better than others. But you don't want to waste anything either. So, one barrell will be the base wine, and the other barrells will be blended with the base wine in a specific ratio that results in a wine product that will sell well many years down the track (once it has aged). To do this takes lots of knowledge, experience, and a well-working crystal ball. Luckily, David has enough of the first two things that he does not need the third.
- He has tasted something like 500 wines over a few days of judging and didn't even get woozy
That didn't happen over night. There was a lot of demanding training before he got to that level of professionalism. He tells me that, after one tasting/judging session, he went to breakfast after all of the tasting was over he ordered a cocktail to fix his tortured pallette...
What is David's point of difference?
You can't buy what he sells in the supermarket and you would be hard pressed to find his level of expertise in a bottle shop. He can provide you with a wine that:
- you (and your guests) will enjoy
David has a thoroughly developed pallette and experienced methodology for wine tasting. Just by listening to you he can choose something special that you will like. If you are lucky, like I was, maybe he will treat you to a lesson in wine tasting.
- will be un-pricable by anybody drinking it
David sources his wines directly. And he usually buys up the entire supply. Your guests (or corporate clients) will enjoy the wine but they probably won't know the label nor how much you paid for it. See what that does for customer loyalty!
- can help you look and feel sophisticated
Once David has told you all about the wine, you can begin to recite everything to your guests and clients.
So you look like a champ three times over. All at prices starting from $10.00 per bottle!
His perfect customer is someone who wants to learn about and have fun with wine. The 'someone' is often from a corporate, but David is just as generous with his time, service, and kindness with an individual. Over the years he has organised entire weddings (including marquees, tables, seating) as well as supplied the wine.
If you are getting married, buying corporate or personal gifts of wine, or trying to learn about wine, then best you start with David. Here are his contact details:
David Prescott
Wine and More
cnr Rosedale Road and William Pickering Drive
Albany
Telephone 09 415 3568
Cell 021 299 2792
Email david@wineandmore.co.nz
Website http://www.wineandmore.co.nz/
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