joe dressner

My name is Joe Dressner and I'm The Wine Importer of many French, an increasing number of Italian wines and a Port. I am part of a company, Louis/Dressner Selections, which tries to find interesting and often unusual wines that express the terroir the wines come from and the talent and hard work of the winemakers. This site is my personal spot and has no relation to the company I work for.

The point of this site is unabashed self-promotion, which I have learned is the key to success in the business world. Long and hard experience has taught me that the quality of our wines is unimportant -- it is my ability to network and promote myself that matters most in the business world. Image and illusion are all that matters and our customers feel reassured to know they are buying wine from an important personality who has his own web site.

Most of this site is true, but some of it is fictional. I often forget which part is which. Everyone in the wine trade takes themselves so seriously that I am trying to bring a little perspective and humor into what should be a joyous trade. By the way, my lawyer suggested I include this paragraph.

The site is organized by chronological posts in descending order. There are several posts on each page and you can go to earlier posts by scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking on older posts. This is a very user-friendly feature.




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Welcome to The Sorting Table, An Exciting New Wine Importer!
There's a new exciting wine importer with an impressive list of big stars.

The Sorting Table is representing Domaine Dujac in Burgundy, Zind-Humbrecht in Alsace and Castello di Ama in Tuscany, amongst others. According to their web site, the company:

brings a new level of service and information to the selling and marketing of fine wine in the U.S.

All I can say is that it is about time and more power to them! They've figured out how to do this, almost to a science, and I'm sure they will revolutionize the wine industry. According to their press release:

TST also has developed a proprietary, virtual, infrastructure designed to enhance communications and information flow among suppliers, distributors, key accounts and consumers. This enables the company to manage marketing, sales, product shipments, depletions, inventory, and account profiles at a higher level than traditional wine distribution companies.

They're on to something here. What the wine world really needs now is a proprietary, virtual, infrastructure and these are the guys to do it! They come with rich experience from Wilson-Daniels and Sam's in Chicago and too many varied virtual infrastructures to mention on this site.

This Wine Importer warmly welcomes TST!


- Joe Dressner 9-19-2006 10:47 pm [link] [6 refs] [6 comments]

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