Latour Night at The Races, July 18th

On July 18th, many of the D&E team went to the Sam Houston Racepark for a "Night at the Races with Louis Latour", accompanied by our hostess, Vivienne Holliday. Great food, drinks, and fun was had by all, thanks for making the numbers!

Best Wine Books Ever

Below, a list of wine books that any wine professional should have in their library...

The Wine Bible by Karen MacNeil

Bacchus and Me: Adventures in the Wine Cellar by Jay Mcinerney

The World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson

The New Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia, Fourth Edition by Tom Stevenson

Great Wine Terroirs by Jacques Fanet

The Wine Bible by Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher

From Vines to Wines : The Complete Guide to Growing Grapes and Making Your Own Wine by Jeff Cox

Noble Rot: A Bordeaux Wine Revolution by William Echikson

The Emperor of Wine: The Rise of Robert M. Parker, Jr. and the Reign of American Taste by Elin McCoy

Andrea Immer's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone by Andrea Immer

The Oxford Companion to Wine Jancis Robinson, A. Dinsmoor Webb, and Richard E. Smart - Editors

The Wall Street Journal Guide to Wine by John Brecher and Dorothy Gaiter

Great Wine Made Simple by Andrea Immer

The Wine Avenger by Willie Gluckster

Upcoming Events in August around Houston

August 20th, Demystifying Italian Wine with Alfonso Cevola at Houston Wine Merchant, 5p.m

September 9th A Night with ChrisRingland and Dan Philips at Pappas Steakhouse

Know of more, post or let me know!!!

Continuum Finds a Home

Continuum Finds a Home - Mondavi family enterprise acquires Cloud View property
Source: Wines & Vines

by Jane Firstenfeld

July 22nd

Continuum, a partnership of the Marcia and Tim Mondavi families and Margrit Biever Mondavi, announced today it has completed its purchase of Cloud View Vineyards on Pritchard Hill, overlooking the Napa Valley in St. Helena. Escrow closed on the deal on July 16, exactly 42 years after the groundbreaking for the Robert Mondavi Winery in Oakville.

The property, previously owned by Linda and Leighton Taylor, includes 85 acres, 26 currently planted to Cabernet and Merlot vines, as well as an existing winery and other buildings. The Mondavis plan to build a new winery on the site.

Glazer's Wellness, Lunch and Learn

Just a reminder - the Lunch & Learn is this Wednesday! Hope to see you there!!


The Houston branch will be hosting a 'Lunch & Learn' seminar on July 23, 2008 focusing on "Wellness and You." This one-hour informational session is centered around health and wellness and is totally free!
** The seminar will be held in the training room in the East Point Building **
The sessions are held during the lunch breaks so that you can 'pack your lunch' for the day and join the seminar. The training will be facilitated by Peggy Vincent with UBH, a division of United Healthcare.
Program highlights will include:
understanding basic wellness components,
recognizing the short and long term benefits of a healthy lifestyle,
becoming aware of the biopsychosocial connection and finding ways to achieve lifestyle balance.
We hope you can join us for this very enlightening and empowering hour seminar. It will be held in the training room in the Centerpoint building. Look for more information to come....
Please contact Brandi Stone or myself with any questions.
Thanks,

Linda Atkin, PHR
South & Central TX Regional HR Manager

Welcome, a working site for D&E Houston

Greetings all! The idea for this website is to be able to post topics, recap sales, obtain other data, including the possibility of presales, incentives, month to date numbers by case, dollar, and placement. In reality, it should be used as a place to harbor information so that our team can easily access, share, and post detailed data pertinent to all of our jobs. I think that other things that should be posted are pictures of D&E events, ads for events around town, etc., etc..