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Russian Students Visit the Russian River!

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

We recently had the honor of hosting 40 graduate entrepreneurship students from Skolkovo Moscow School of Management. They were here to tour Silicon Valley and gain knowledge from the shrines of American Entrepreneurship. At the end of their tech tour, we invited them...

Did Global Warming Cause the Wine Country Fire Storms?

EXTREME WEATHER = EXTREME CATASTROPHIES

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

We are waiting for the official word that the wine country firestorms were caused by global warming. The floods in Houston, and the hurricanes and tidal surges that hit Florida and Puerto Rico, have be officially attributed to a warmer ocean – which is linked to...

Wine Country Fire Storms

WE ARE OK!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

We want to thank many of you for your concern about our welfare during the Wine Country fire storms. Fortunately, we, are home, and our small west Sonoma County town were spared from the flames. The fires were just 8 miles east of us. We are blessed to be able to...

How to Count Down to Success

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Contributed Article

We are delighted annually to be part of the U.S. Immersion Program of Nanyang University in Singapore. The program calls for students to visit businesses in Silicon Valley and the East Coast, with a trip to the Sonoma County wine country as well. This year we hosted...

How the Official Champagne for The Times Square New Year’s Eve Party Was Named

“WHY, I’D CALL IT BAREFOOT BUBBLY!” -Mabel Hurd

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Michael Houlihan, Co-Founder of Barefoot Wines, came back exhausted from a sales trip to Southern California in late 1993. He told Bonnie Harvey, the other Co-Founder of Barefoot Wines, and her mom, Mabel Hurd, it was a disaster because the stores were stocking up...