I’d like to help you, your colleagues and your customers find more trustworthy, in-depth wine information on the Internet. And I could use your help getting the word out about Able Grape:
• If you’d like a stack of Able Grape postcards (see image at left) for display in your store or restaurant, or to give to your trade clientele, please drop me an email with your address, and I’ll gladly send some to you.
• If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, get in touch and I’d be happy to come out and demo Able Grape for you and your colleagues, and show you some tips and tricks for finding great, in-depth wine information (some of which is very difficult or impossible to find via Google!). I’d also appreciate the chance to talk with you and learn how I can make Able Grape an even better tool for our community. Have thoughts or suggestions about what you need when looking for wine information? Get in touch, I’d love to come out and meet you. (If you’re not in the Bay Area, get in touch anyway, I’d love to hear your thoughts, and who knows when I may be in your neighborhood…)
Able Grapes and Garbled Peas 
If I had a shop I’d display it, Doug.
As it is, it’s hard enough to flog the juice these days.
Buon lavoro comunque!
Well, Strappo, at least you’ve got some good juice to flog. I really enjoyed the samples you sent, particularly the Greco di Tufo and the ‘Rasott’ (very tasty aglianico). They were also a hit with the staff at CAV, where I tasted them. Still working on sending you my tasting notes!
we actually interacted with your search engine at our sales meeting Friday to research unsolicited wines that were sent to us per my suggestion. Every sales rep and manager found it useful and efficient and planned to use it again. Thanks so much!
Thanks, Danielle, I’m tickled to hear it! And please don’t hesitate to write if you find something I can make better or more useful for you.
how about multiple languages? Would love some anyways to hand out at wine fairs, and talks I give!
Ryan, much appreciate your offer! I’m planning to make some in other languages. I assume you want Spanish? I’ll see what options I have for doing the printing in Europe and having them ship to you locally.
I’ve ordered cards– something else to think about: do you attend any of the major tastings? Just this weekend, for example, the Pechanga Wine Festival in Temecula drew thousands with about 80 wineries participating; Loyola Marymount did their thing near Marina Del Rey with maybe 45 wineries. These would be great opportunities for you to get the word out.
Congratulations on creating a very useful tool for the wine community.I’ve only been a user for a few weeks, and already I don’t know how I got along without you! Thanks so much –Ed
Hi Ed,
First, thanks so much for the kind words. I try to get to as many tastings as possible, and I’ll be bringing stacks of AG postcards to all the ones I can make. For those I can’t make, I’d welcome help. Next time you, or any other kind member of the Able Grape community is heading to a tasting or festival and willing to bring a stack of cards, let me know; I’ll gladly send you some!
I gave your web address to the WSET so it can be listed as aresource for Diploma students like me ….Hope it helped
Hi Doug,
Saw the cards at Twestival (of course).
Happy to put a stack on the counter at Township 7 and we can pop them into our Black Cloud shipments when they start going out.
Send them to me c/o
T7
1450 McMillan Avenue
Penticton BC
V2A 8T3
Hi Brad,
Many thanks for the kind offer… a stack of cards is on its way!
doug
Hi Doug – I have them proudly displayed ~ and on our emails and anytime anyone asks and…
I call you the “better than google for all things wine”.
Sorry to have missed you the other day, but thanks for coming by.
~C
Wow, Ceri, thanks! Sorry I missed you when I stopped by with the cards. I don’t know how I managed to only buy two bottles (one of which I wrote up in my latest WBW post), you’ve got a fantastic selection. Hoping to make your Frescobaldi tasting tomorrow, it looks like fun.
How about some recognition of amateur winemakers . I’m in the AWO(amateur winemakers of ontario). Our organization recently recomended your site in our monthly newsletter. There are thousands of serious amateurs in Canada and the States. I crush about a ton of purchased grapes(mostly from California) and I grow my own hybrids. I am passionate about wine. Your search is way better than google! I use it all the time.
Hi Klaus – thanks for the kind words. If there are things I can do to make Able Grape even better from the amateur winemaker perspective, please do let me know!