Nero d’Avola is the New Chianti
in this issue of the Seattle Weekly

There was another Nero d’Avola that I was going to recommend in my column, a really great and really cheap one (two words, first one starts with “F”). But the ass monkeys at the distributorship couldn’t even find it in their system so as to confirm whether it was in stock. It’s so frustrating, when I call a distributor and I KNOW they carry the wine I want, but the person on the phone can’t find it.

And distributors? This happens a lot. A scary lot. You might want to expand your orientation programs. How many sales are lost… God the wine business is so ridiculous sometimes. While regular Fortune 500 companies struggle to be relevant in this Web 2.0 world, wine distributors are content to be 8-track. Sigh.