well we have a new shipment of wine that we picked up yesterday in barcelona and a new batch of passengers- most on board to attend the grand prix in monaco this weekend. this includes quite a lot of americans and brazilians who are buying wine like there is some sort of shortage in europe. i'm very excited to be bringing some new white burgundy and california chardonnay onto the list, as i feel there's a real demand for these wines in board. have yet to see what's included in the rest of the high end goodies. concha y toro's xplorador chardonnay will be added to the complimentary list. we'll see if the brazilians will be interested in the chilean wines! so far new zealand's dashwood sauv blanc and oregon's van duzer pinot noir have been the winners of the complimentary wine list. new world!
in the meantime, i've tasted an 03 palmer margaux and an 04 beychevelle that have both been gorgeous. still waiting to taste the petrus and margaux.... :)
i'm settling in ok... figuring out how to work and live at the same time (always a tricky thing, on or off a boat). of course we all know that wine, like most industries, is male-dominated and the weird gender dynamic exists here just like it did in the restaurant in mendoza, just as it did in sales in seattle. i suppose women may always have to work twice as hard as men to achieve the same salary and recognition. in the wine world, we continue to struggle to be taken seriously and not pushed to the side. wine can be an pompous, braggy business, and society does not generally reward those qualities in women- we are raised to be the opposite- humble, modest, accommodating. nevertheless, i find my own methods of reaching guests and selling that work well, and am learning to turn on the pompous-braggy when i need it.
again, i will just note, that pants would be helpful.
that's all for now. i can't copy and paste the itinerary for this week because they've already taken it off the website, but monaco and the grand prix are the highlights this cruise. more to come on that....
and there i was drinking Corsican wine yesterday. and there you were just having visited Corsica. it's so good to hear that you're doing well, drinking some awesome wines, and visiting places the rest of us dream of daily. looking forward to hearing more. oh, and i LOVE the image of the shoulder pads. pants for Cara! pants for Cara!
ReplyDeletethanks! i defend my stance on pants daily!! would love to know who left this comment...
DeleteThis is why I love to watch and learn from successful women who are NOT pompous, braggy, and uber-agressive. I like to see how they operate. Just remember the power blazer. Works every time.
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