Jo Diaz on March 9th, 2010

I’ve been pretty open on this wine blog that Enoforum Wines, from the Alentejo region of Portugal, is one of my clients. This is my journal, and I’m recording my realistic journey in the wine business. When Enoforum Wines and our DiazĀ  Communications partnered, it wasn’t with the thinking that Enoforum might be imported into [...]

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Jo on February 3rd, 2010

There are so many aspects of the wine business to enjoy:

Growing
Producing
Sales
Marketing
PR
Writing
Educating
Social Media

The list seems to go on, if just I sit here and conjure up more aspects.

I personally prefer the creative end of writing and photographing. I keep out of the vineyards and the labs, because it’s not my forte. I can’t go into either [...]

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The history of Portugal is richly fascinating, and even more amazing when you visit and see it firsthand. Being there allowed me to experience and touch its ancient past, while exploring the immensely popular and emerging wine region of the world today… the Alentejo.
I’m not going to ask you to take only my word for [...]

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Jo Diaz on December 25th, 2009

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The following story came to me in an Email from my sister. Her name is Merry.
I wondered my whole life about our names, until a few years ago. I was born on December 21, and Merry was born [...]

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With Walter Cronkite’s passing, I was reminded of how – somewhat quietly – the passing of Jack Heeger, another writer in my world, had just happened.
Jack’s final words to us all:
Tonight when you open that bottle of wine, make a toast to life, good health and love of family. Those are the things that are [...]

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