On
a Mission
By Meridith May, Publisher & Executive Editor - June
2009
Robert Tapia, the wine buyer for one of Southern
California’s top grossing retail markets—Mission
Liquor—came up with the idea of inviting a group of
Oakville wine producers for a trade and consumer
event to promote Napa’s coveted terroir.
Where the 'the usual' is never on the menu
By Dan O'Heron 05/29/2008
"Besides the gleam off thousands of dust-free
bottles of wine, liquor and beer — many with labels
I’d never seen before — the setting included a
26-door cooler, a walk-in cigar humidor, a
walk-around-carefully wine cellar, complete with
stemware; a wine-tasting lounge, wide-screen TVs
beaming lore about the grape and some very unique
counter displays."
