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

OpEd: The Question of Mentorship⏤Is This Something Every Burgeoning Wine Professional Needs?

It is said that when you start off in the industry⏤in farm management or a winery, in marketing or sales, retail, restaurant, as a wine scholar or

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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

Kermit Lynch opens second retail space

The Californian wine merchant, which has been operating for more than half a century, has finally opened a second store. The property spans 900 square feet, and boasts limestone counters from the Rhône “to evoke the European regions” of its grow…
#wine #CaliforniaWine #Berkeley #Bordeaux #Burgundy #california #californiawine #finewine #france #italy #KermitLynch #US #USA #Wine
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2421021/kermit-lynch-opens-second-retail-space/

Kermit Lynch opens second retail space

The Californian wine merchant, which has been operating for more than half a century, has finally opened a second store. The property spans 900 square feet, and boasts limestone counters from the Rhône “to evoke the Europe…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #CaliforniaWine #Berkeley #Bordeaux #Burgundy #california #californiawine #finewine #france #italy #KermitLynch #US #USA #Wine
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2421021/kermit-lynch-opens-second-retail-space/

Longtime Bay Area wine importer Kermit Lynch opens Marin County shop

A 53-year-old East Bay importer, retailer, wholesaler and distributor of fine wine from France and Italy plans to open a store Tuesday in Marin County. The new store, located at the Marin Country Mart shopping center in Larkspur, is Kermit…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Wine #importer #KermitLynch #marincounty #retail
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2418859/longtime-bay-area-wine-importer-kermit-lynch-opens-marin-county-shop/

Longtime Bay Area wine importer Kermit Lynch opens Marin County shop

A 53-year-old East Bay importer, retailer, wholesaler and distributor of fine wine from France and Italy plans to open a store Tuesday in Marin County. The new store, located at the Marin Country Mart shopping center in Larkspur, is Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant’s …
#wine #Wine #importer #KermitLynch #marincounty #retail
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2418859/longtime-bay-area-wine-importer-kermit-lynch-opens-marin-county-shop/

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

Kermit Lynch, marchand de vins : « Je veux acheter directement aux vignerons, pour mieux comprendre leur travail »

Auteur en 1988 de « Mes aventures sur les routes du vin », récit culte de son voyage à travers le vignoble français, l’importateur américain vit désormais à l’année en Provence. Dans un entretien au « Monde », il revient sur son parcours et livre son sentiment sur le marché vinicole.

Le Monde
"About time" department: This morning at UC Davis' Peter J. Shields Library, presenting two copies of "Lodi!" to Archivist Audrey Russek PhD, accepting one signed copy for the Food and Wine Archives, and one for circulation. I learned, while there, that the library is home of the largest (bar none!) collection of wine, enology, viticulture and research books in the entire world... I guess I just made it a miniscule fraction bigger! #ucdavis #ucdavislibrary #kermitlynch #lodiwine #randycaparoso