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"Turning a Love for Travel into a Wine Business" - 1/19 (Wed)
Brought to you by Stanford Alumni in Food and Wine and Harvard Alumni in Wine and Food and Harvard Club of San Francisco
Thinking of launching your own food or wine business in 2011?
Both technology entrepreneurs, Jon Staenberg of...
[read more] Note: RSVP Required
Please tell others about the Stanford Alumni in Food and Wine Group
"Turning a Love for Travel into a Wine Business" - 1/19 (Wed)
Brought to you by Stanford Alumni in Food and Wine and Harvard Alumni in Wine and Food and Harvard Club of San Francisco
Thinking of launching your own food or wine business in 2011?
Both technology entrepreneurs, Jon Staenberg of Hand of God Wines in Argentina and John Ogden of Olson Ogden Wines in Sonoma will tell us how their passions about travel led them to start their wineries. Come hear our guests share their fascinating and insightful stories from the trenches.
We will also be tasting wine from Olson Ogden Wines.
The event will start at 6:30 pm on 1/19 (Wed) in San Francisco's SOMA District. Alumni from the Stanford equivalent of HAWF will join us too.
Cost for the event is $12/person if you pay before 1/12 (Wed) and $15 after that. For better planning, we will need you to pay before coming to the event. You will receive payment instructions after you RSVP, then we will email the location to confirmed attendees. Thank you for your understanding.
Click on the link below to RSVP for the event now. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions. We hope to see many of you!
http://goo.gl/gEYjY
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More on our guests and the wineries they represent:
About Jon Staenberg
Jon Staenberg (BS, 82, MA 83, MBA 88) has worked with venture-backed companies for 20 years in several capacities – as founder, manager and venture capitalist. Pursuing his passion for wine, travel and helping to establish and grow great companies, he is now focusing his energies on new startups in the business social media arena.
Jon grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and is a hardcore Nebraska Cornhusker fan. In his spare time he collects sports ticket stubs.
About Hand of God Wines
Jon Staenberg and Santiago Achaval, one of Argentina’s leading winemakers, have teamed up to bring you Hand of God (Mano de Dios in Spanish), a boutique winery in the Mendoza region of Argentina. We are located in the Uco Valley, forty minutes from the central square of Mendoza, sitting at the edge of the majestic Andes Mountains. This valley is home to some of the world's greatest Malbecs and is gaining a reputation as one of the finest wine regions in the world. We are currently in production to bring you our first vintage of Hand of God wines.
www.handofgodwines.com
About John Ogden
John Ogden is a consumer technology veteran who has overseen numerous successful sales, marketing and business development initiatives for a range of businesses from ventures at their earliest stage of development to multi-million dollar companies. He founded Olson Ogden Wines alongside partner Tim Olson and wife Margaret Ryan following a yearlong trip to Australia and Europe.
About Olson Ogden Wines
Olson Ogden Wines is a small, artisan wine company located in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County. The award-winning winery specializes in small production, handcrafted wines that are complex, food friendly and a pleasure to drink. Olson Ogden Wines’ focus is on Burgundy and Rhone varietals with an emphasis on vineyard designated wines from Alder Springs, Ritchie, Stagecoach and Unti Vineyards. The winery seeks out passionate growers with special vineyards. Olson Ogden Wines are highly rated by Wine Enthusiast, Wine & Spirits, Connoisseurs guide and Wine Spectator, the latter of which called Olson Ogden Wines Syrah, "the best wine I’ve had in years from the Sonoma County winegrowing district."
