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Edumacate!

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I love Commentary like this.

It’s always struck me as odd that wineries (or anyone for that matter) would rely on anyone else to tell their own story to the world.

To me this is sort of like outsourcing to someone else interviewing for a job for yourself, or asking another person to propose marriage to someone you love on your behalf.

You can outsource a lot of things (mowing the grass, for instance) but NOT responsibility for your interface with the world.

You gotta own The Message.

(I thought your comments on the distributors was especially on point.)

Thanks for the reminder.

Richard

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Jim Ball

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