September 28, 2005

Meeting Stormhoek

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Meeting Stormhoek

Last night Adrian Trenholm James Governor and I from the 173drurylane team met Nick Dymoke-Marr and Jason Korman of Stormhoek. A good time was had by all, although I was on water only last night.

The Stormhoek guys so obviously get, and are into, the markets as conversations schtick. And they both clearly have ideas and opinions they’ve yet to share in their blog. I think Stormhoek have created a great opportunity to demystify the wine business, in much the same way Thomas Mahon has done it for Savile Row.

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