Jo Diaz on March 10th, 2010

It just had to happen.
In 2002, when I organized and started not only PS I Love You, but also started the Association of African American Vintners, I was thinking about starting an Irish American Vintners Association. It just made sense to me. Concannon Vineyard was/is a client of Diaz Communications. (Although I’m no longer the [...]

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Suisun Valley Grape Growers Association (SVGGA)
Experiences a Metamorphosis in Name…to…
Suisun Valley Vintners & Growers Association (SVVGA)
When the Suisun Valley Grape Growers Association (SVGGA) was formed in 2003 as a wine grape coalition, it had two main goals:

To advance awareness of the Suisun Valley American Viticultural Area, established in 1982.
To send their message of Ultra [...]

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Jo Diaz on February 19th, 2010

This is a pretty impressive list, but what you first need to know is that this magazine has a woman behind it, nudging it forward every inch of the way. Anthony Dias Blue is editor-in-chief, and David Gadd is the managing editor, making this is a great team, with Meridith May as the publisher and [...]

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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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This blog was set up so I could have a place to just write about whatever is currently going on in my wine world. And, it’s pretty substantial, because I’ve become fairly specialized. This is something that I never thought I’d see in this lifetime. I definitely fall into the Jack-of-all-trades category, so to actually find [...]

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