PROTOCOL Wine Studio

#WineChat – it does a palate good.

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PROTOCOL wine studio is incredibly honored to serve as current directors of the popular Twitter #winechat program. We are committed to the online wine conversation and the overall wine industry. Learn a little more about who we are and our wine beginnings: taste it,  share it, live it! Mission #Winechat is an on-line conversation with wineries, distributors, sommeliers, wine writers—anyone interested in a wine conversation to improve themselves and their business. All are welcome! Description How do you join #winechat? Using a tool such as Tweetdeck or Hootsuite, log into your … Read more →

#WineStudio: Nexgen in “Commuter” Wine Education

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Every Monday evening, since its inception this past January, GUY and I have been “seen” online hosting our notorious Twitter program #WineStudio.  As with most online entities, GUY names the entire phenomenon “nebulous” at best. It’s part wine education, discussion, and peer conversation wrapped up into a one hour program each Monday evening, 6pm pst / 9pm pst all within the context of our motto: true wine culture. Back to the Beginning I met a guy online just before a wine bloggers conference that was held in Portland last August.  … Read more →

Le Metro. Wine. Underground.

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At PROTOCOL, we have created a dynamic business for ourselves and thus, our customers.  We are continually practicing what works best at our wine studio.  We’re finding that versatility and creativity become the building blocks of maintaining a space where we rise above the mere facility or retail establishment.  It’s with these elements in mind that we are proud to announce the launch of a new and exciting wine club project: Le Metro Wine Underground.   the Underground wine scene Our latest collaboration is with a gentleman who possesses the … Read more →

All Roads Lead to Stefano.

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He and I have never met.  In fact, our schedules couldn’t support it and our only correspondence has been email, on the road, managed through our smart phones.  Sometimes however, the most simple of communiqué is all that’s needed. My business partner, Eric GUY and I run the Monday evening Twitter program #WineStudio. Along with Social Media personality Bill Eyer, the curriculum program runs 5 weeks continuously where we focus on a particular wine region, sometimes the same winemaker, usually off the beaten path, sometimes with quite the controversial wine … Read more →

Juxtapose Poses

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All I wanted was sleep. That unencumbered slumber where life is set to one side to be resumed at a later time. A super light flight—should have the row to myself. I chose my seat, sat down and waited patiently for that split-second of a moment when you know the sandman has his hand on you. “Is that seat taken?” Noooooooooooo………. Why didn’t I say yes? Instead, my mouth betrayed me and whispered “no.”  It’s as if she hadn’t seen a living soul in quite some time and she had … Read more →

Eh Oh! Where did you go?

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Angela Osborne’s Incredible (Temporary) Departure… It took Tina a few years to figure out exactly what it meant when I cry out “Eh Oh!” in my finest Cockney accent every time the subject of Angela Osborne comes around.  One day Tina burst out in a dawning of understanding, “Oh!  You’re saying her initials!” It’s my unique way of greeting one of the finest women I know.  My friendship with Angela began almost a decade ago when she came to work at the WineSellar and Brasserie where I got my start … Read more →

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