![]() ITM – What is your favorite holiday and how do you celebrate? ![]() Your customers have to come first before anything else. JC – A sense of urgency is required to be successful in your job. ITM – Do you have any words of wisdom for a rookie wine representative starting out in National Accounts? My wife and I have two rescue dogs now we are picking up another English setter next week and will soon be rescuing at least one horse. JC – I am into rescuing animals that need a good home. ITM – Tell us something about yourself that others might find surprising. Historically, I will always remember being at the same dinner table with the Baroness Philippe De Rothschild and Robert Mondavi for the vintage debut of 1982 Opus One. I can tell you that you don’t want to be the slowest member of that group. ![]() JC – I would have to say it was last year with Mary Melton,Don Melton, Celeste Dinos, Nicole Andrus and I running with the bulls in LaGuardia, Spain. ITM – Any favorite customer story you’d care to share with our readers? JC – Foie gras on warm brioche with a glass of 1979 Chateau d’Yquem, followed by a Padron Numseries cigar. ITM – Do you have a drink of choice and what preferred foods would you pair with it? My tenure in the wine business has allowed me to visit all the most prestigious wine producing areas of the world…well, except Australia. I also enjoy seeing other wine producing countries. I know my colleagues at Folio Fine Wine Partners are counting on me so it’s great to come through for the company. JC – I still get excited when I close a deal that will generate considerable revenue for our company. Next year on mark’s my twenty-fifth year of working for Michael Mondavi. Hopefully, I don’t look like I have been in the business that long. JC –I started at the Pier House in Key West, Florida in 1975 so that makes it over 33 years. ITM – How long have you been in the Hospitality/Wine industry and where did you get started? In the Mix staff caught up with Jamie Conahan recently and had the chance to interview him for the spotlight section. With an everyday price below $15, Spellbound ranks in one of the fastest growing category segments appealing to a broad range of wine consumers and offers an attractive by-the-glass price below $10 for restaurants and wine bars.US National Accounts Sales Manager and Partner Folio Fine Wine Partners ![]() These wines are true to their roots, expressing ripe varietal character with a style that elevates every occasion - from special events to everyday meals around the family table.īudget-savvy wine shoppers, will appreciate Spellbound for its everyday affordability, consistent quality and fruit-driven wine profile. The portfolio also includes a core lineup of Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir and Rosé, all crafted with grapes from established and emerging regions throughout California, where warm sun and cool, moonlit nights result in expressive, approachable, balanced wines. This award-winning wine has earned 90 points from The Wine Advocate across multiple vintages. Spellbound first made its mark with one of the first varietals to be grown in California, Petite Sirah. The founding partners of Spellbound chose the name and label imagery to suggest the ever-present magical, mystical force of the moon. But since ancient times, farmers have also depended on the moon, ruler of the tides, whose gravitational force pulls water up from the soil, supporting vines during the cool nights that maintain beautiful balance in wine grapes. Nurtured by the SUN | Balanced by the MOONĮveryone knows the warm sun nurtures plants, bringing grapevines to full maturity.
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