RandyCaparoso.wineauthorMar 26

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

Wine Industry Advisor
RandyCaparoso.wineauthorMar 2

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