Continued to work in the Honolulu market tasting our Wild Rock Wine to fine wine stores including a boutique store run by two strippers who had a passion for fine wine and a strong head for business – were keen on running a feature on all 3 of our collection.
Then met with a buyer for one of Hawaii’s largest supermarkets that loved our wines and is now looking at partnership promotions with Wild Rock Wine – to take Wild Rock to another level in Hawaii and the world!.
Off to Maui – everything everyone raved about Maui is TRUE – Awesome place! Maui is a stunning island with a massive volcano in the middle of the island and a relaxed feel. It has a real environmental focus with wind turbines to reduce reliance on diesel burners for power. The Island is dependant on tourism - top hotels, resorts and retail shops.
Tasted our wines to the top Hotel managers and sold into all!!! Fantastic stuff!!
We had a wine reception for many buyers at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua which was great fun and presented our wines at their best and led to great sales.
I met a couple of cool guys who hooked me up with WakeMaui. They took me out Wakeboarding, WakeSurfing, and snorkeling with turtles at 7am the next morning before my flight back to Oahu. It was truly awesome! Beautiful setting to try a new sport – WakeSurfing (riding the wake of the inboard boat on a small surf board). Duck diving 20-30 feet with groups of huge turtles was great fun amongst tropical fish and coral too.
Finished the trip with a presentation to 70 or so of Hawaii’s finest sales teams – our distributors. It was great fun and the team were real fun and fully engaged with Wild Rock Wines – Cheers guys!!
On the red eye home to my lovely family – lunch booked at Terrôir Restaurant Craggy Range, Havelock North NZ (top winery restaurant) – perfecto!
Cheers, Ash
The Wild Rock Guy
