Published in today's Wine Industry Network Advisor, my OpEd on the topic of mentorship: Do burgeoning wine industry professionals need to find and follow mentors? My story on my own most powerful influences (André Tchelistcheff and Kermit Lynch), and exactly what it is they said that still guides everything I've done, said and written throughout my career spanning over four decades.

Re https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2026/03/26/the-question-of-mentorship-is-this-something-every-burgeoning-wine-professional-needs/

#AndréTchelistcheff #KermitLynch #GregLaFollette #winementor

On conscious acceptance, or resistance, to the influence of others in the wine industry. Re https://caparoso.substack.com/p/the-question-of-mentors

#AndreTchelistcheff #ronnwiegand #kermitlynch #winementor

The more consumers appreciate wine, the more real they want their experience to be. Re https://caparoso.substack.com/p/rainy-day-letter-ai-will-never-replace

#artificialintelligence #AI #wineappreciation #winelover #kermitlynch

A talk with Kermit Lynch, the enduring conscience of our wine industry, about favorite wines past and present. Re https://randycaparoso.substack.com/p/adventures-on-the-wine-route-revisited

#kermitlynch #winelist #hospitalitymanagement #restaurantwine