Bonnie Harvey is the co-founder of Barefoot Cellars along with partner Michael Houlihan. She was Vice President and “The Original Foot” for 19 years. There she had a wide variety of duties, doing whatever was necessary to operate the business. While Michael’s role was “big picture visionary,” Bonnie translated his ideas into workable processes and […]

We are often asked, “What’s the difference between ‘Cause’ Marketing and ‘Worthy Cause’ Marketing?” The most obvious difference is the intention of the marketing. With Cause Marketing, the emphasis seems to be on creating an image that your company is sponsoring a particular non-profit. The intention is to show the general public that you are […]

Tomorrow, we have the honor of being interviewed by our friend Matt DiGeronimo, Host of The Smith Floyd Water Cooler. Matt wrote a fantastic book review about our book, The Barefoot Spirit and we will post some snippets and link you to the full article on his website. Let’s start with that which is obvious about the […]

  BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) – The founders of Barefoot Wine have a new book out talking about their unique journey of building one of the countries top selling wines. Although it may not have happened if not for the current owner of a Boise restaurant. Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey started Barefoot Wine out of […]

We are now part of a program to help post-9/11 disabled veterans become successful entrepreneurs. Later this month we will be honored to share our entrepreneurial experience with some of these courageous heroes. It is our hope that the lessons we learned will help them achieve their goals of owning and growing their own successful […]

    We had the great pleasure of being interviewed by Diana Dehm of Sustainability News & Entertainment. To listen to the interview, please click the play button below. http://media.podcastingmanager.com/0/6/9/4/0/312225-304960/Media/Diana%20Dehm%206-29-2013.mp3

    Check out our two part interview on The Wine Crush by Laura Lawson. To listen to the interview, please click the play buttons below. Part 1 Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey on Wine Crush Part 1 Part 2 Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey on Wine Crush Part 2

Passion, drive, compensation, status, recognition, affirmation and security.  This is the list of what motivates people. What many employers don’t realize is that near the top of this list is also time off. As folks plan ahead for their vacation time, they especially search for three-day holiday weekends. This is their opportunity to strategically plan […]

We were interviewed by Kevin Miller, Host of  the Miller in the Morning show on 580 KIDO AM in Boise, ID. We had a great time in studio and it was a pleasure working with him. Please click the play button below to listen to the interview. http://www.kidoam.com/common/global_audio/210/101555.mp3

  Michael & Bonnie had the pleasure of being interviewed on Entrepreneurs Club Radio by host, Kip Marlow.   To listen to the interview, please click the play button below.   https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45333501/Michael%20Houlihan%20and%20Bonnie%20Harvey%20on%20the%20Barefoot%20Wine%20story.mp3