tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post4816524064892416931..comments2023-10-10T14:43:29.795-04:00Comments on Brooklynguy's Wine and Food Blog: A Conversation with Neal Rosenthal - Part 3Brooklynguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321573602782343974noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-84805012309467211202011-01-03T19:40:57.560-05:002011-01-03T19:40:57.560-05:00I was the first salesperson to the trade that Neal...I was the first salesperson to the trade that Neal ever hired. Worked for him a couple years in NYC, then went to LA and opened his office there. Lots of ups, lots of downs and lots of growing pains for both of us (for him, growing a company; for me, growing up). To this day, though, I still have never met a better taster of unfinished wine or a more accurate taster in terms of finding wines that would satisfy both commercial and aesthetic parameters. 30+ years in a business that eats its own is certainly testament to something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-52563959409555635662010-12-05T17:23:19.890-05:002010-12-05T17:23:19.890-05:00Great interview! I have so much respect for what h...Great interview! I have so much respect for what he has been humbly succeeding at for years. Thanks bwg.Veronica Stolerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336833775409229196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-37640069823740712342010-11-21T15:21:56.715-05:002010-11-21T15:21:56.715-05:00Great job with the interview, BG. Really enjoyed ...Great job with the interview, BG. Really enjoyed following along with all three segments. One question though: who's this ND person that suddenly pops up when you and Neal are headed down to the wine cellar?David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03274955351036700406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-71847458823037228712010-11-20T18:36:13.572-05:002010-11-20T18:36:13.572-05:00Great series. Enjoyed reading it! Wish there was m...Great series. Enjoyed reading it! Wish there was more! Seems like a blessing to be this happy and at peace as he seems to be at 65. And I appreciate his point: "you can have convictions, and still be wrong". Thanks!Iron Chevskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05241149967997845671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-27511573705722888582010-11-20T18:01:15.650-05:002010-11-20T18:01:15.650-05:00I'd try his Swiss wines. Just have to find som...I'd try his Swiss wines. Just have to find some.<br /><br />Great job with the interview, it sounds like a fun day.<br />Marc DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-44146442654778908582010-11-19T14:55:42.273-05:002010-11-19T14:55:42.273-05:00Thanks for all of these nice comments - I really a...Thanks for all of these nice comments - I really appreciate it. <br /><br />Jack - I understand your point, and there is most definitely a chance that my notes do not reflect what Neal actually said. But I take it to mean that He's having a hard time even getting out of the gates with the wines, and Swiss restaurants might be the gates. I am not sure though.<br /><br />thanks again.Brooklynguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16321573602782343974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-58749958970818379472010-11-19T13:12:36.961-05:002010-11-19T13:12:36.961-05:00Great series, each post was better than the last. ...Great series, each post was better than the last. Really enjoyed it. Thanks,<br />TomTomhttp://personalwinebuyer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-31677272934804491072010-11-19T01:17:04.016-05:002010-11-19T01:17:04.016-05:00As if the blog wasn't good enough already, you...As if the blog wasn't good enough already, you do an awesome interview like this. Really great. And for me, the perfect follow-up to Rosenthal's book. Thanks so much.rhithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16099401764991161218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-78818654183332030512010-11-18T22:13:54.479-05:002010-11-18T22:13:54.479-05:00Love it! And thanks to Neal Rosenthal for being s...Love it! And thanks to Neal Rosenthal for being so friendly and forthcoming.deetranenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-39964621723160953602010-11-18T18:46:54.961-05:002010-11-18T18:46:54.961-05:00Nice interview, Neil!
One thing didn't make s...Nice interview, Neil!<br /><br />One thing didn't make sense in this part, "You go out and find an audience for the wine. Especially now that my customers are so savvy, so experienced. My Swiss wines, for example. It's hard to sell a $30 bottle of Swiss wine. How many Swiss restaurants are there to sell it to?"<br /><br />This is just wrong to me. Why must a Swiss wine be sold in a Swiss restaurant?King Krak, I Drink the Winehttp://www.forkandbottle.comnoreply@blogger.com