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Wine Talks with Paul K.

Wine Talks with Paul K.

All you knew about wine is about to bust wide open….we are going to talk about what really happens in the wine business and I’m taking no prisoners...

I am your host Paul Kalemkiarian 2nd generation owner of the Original Wine of the Month Club, and I am somewhere north of 100,000 wines tasted.

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If You Can Sell Coke, Can You Sell Wine? Courtney O'Brien Explains.
June 19, 2025

If You Can Sell Coke, Can You Sell Wine? Courtney O'Brien Explains.

Sometimes when you speak to a consultant, you get consultant gobeldy gook. I can't tell you how many consultants I hired along the way at the WIne of the Month Club, but suffice it to say, most did not perform as expected. Wh...
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Admittedly Lazy Until She Found Wine And Hospitality. Meet Master Somm Stefanie Hehn
June 17, 2025

Admittedly Lazy Until She Found Wine And Hospitality. Meet Master Somm Stefanie Hehn

The Master Sommelier is a commitment to hospitality. So it makes you wonder what a young girl, who admittedly called herself lazy, would take on such a commitment. As life would have it, the challenges became clear to Stefani...
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With $25 In His Pocket, He Left Iran at 13 Years Old. This Is His Story. Zaya Younan.
June 12, 2025

With $25 In His Pocket, He Left Iran at 13 Years Old. This Is His Story. Zaya Younan.

I was asked to taste a wine and give an opinion of its quality. It was very good. A St. Emilion from a Chateau I did not know. The wine had never been in the US, and the wholesale company was new to the idea of even carrying ...
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Investing Part Of Your Portfolio In Wine? Speak With Marc LeFleur First. He Gets It.
June 10, 2025

Investing Part Of Your Portfolio In Wine? Speak With Marc LeFleur First. He Gets It.

Investing in wine might seem risky. Might seem like a horizon uncrossed. There is growing success rate in wine investments and it takes a trained and experience broker/agent to know where and when. Marc Lefleur might be the o...
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Make The Best That Represents New Zealand. Meet Josh Hammond of Tiraki WInes.
June 5, 2025

Make The Best That Represents New Zealand. Meet Josh Hammond of Tiraki WInes.

When you hear a New Zealand accent, what do you try and do? I try to figure is it Aussi or English? Maybe South African. Regardless of where you land with this interpretation, you always settle into a nice comfort zone with N...
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He Wants To Quit HIs Day Job To Be In Wine. Meet Armen Ghazikhanian
May 27, 2025

He Wants To Quit HIs Day Job To Be In Wine. Meet Armen Ghazikhanian

If you have thought about entering the wine trade but really don't think you would be much of wine winemaker...but you really feel like you are going to love it. It actually took me many years to "love" it but hear this story...
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The Power of Connection in Modern Hospitality
Nov. 21, 2024

The Power of Connection in Modern Hospitality

```html In today's fast-paced digital world, genuine human connection is more valuable than ever. This blog post delves into the transformative power of authentic interactions, particularly within the hospitality industry. We'll explore how seeming…

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Aug. 12, 2024

"Experiential Innovation" is real.

Experiential Innovation Paul Kalemkiarian  Host of Wine Talks with Paul K The concept of “experiential innovation” is critical to most consumer products going forward in a post COVID world. And certainly, wine is at the top of …

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Stay The Course
July 5, 2024

Stay The Course

It is common conversation among people in the wine trade to say that our industry. is in a rut. And I would agree. It is wrestling with an identity crisis. The market forces are multi-pronged and complicated. It isn't like the old days where you wo…

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