Ep. 542 Dave Parker | Wine Business Talk with Colangelo & Partners
Italian Wine Podcast Episode 542 | Dave Parker CEO & founder of Benchmark Wine Group | Getting your wines to market with the direct import model\nJuliana Colangelo of Colangelo & Partners sits down in conversation with Dave Parker of Benchmark Wine Group\nWelcome to this brand-new limited series "Wine Business Talk with Colangelo & Partners" hosted by Juliana Colangelo. This series deals with the wine business and the evolution of technologies in the wine industry; how it's helping consumers and how wineries can effectively use these technologies. Each guest gives listeners valuable guidance on how consumers choose wine, purchase and drink wine.\nDavid Parker founded Benchmark Wine Group with a history of successful high-tech ventures. With a unique idea, plus wine and tech industry contacts, he succeeded in bridging the gap between high-quality wine producers and well-informed fine wine collectors and connoisseurs. An avid wine collector, David has been involved in the wine industry since 1987 owning commercial vineyards in Geyserville, California and in the Eola Hills of Oregon and is a partner in Parker Family Vineyards, Inc. He is also President of The National Association of Wine Retailers (NAWR).\nBenchmark continually acquires the most sought-after wines from\nprivate individuals and professional contacts, focusing on wines from\nthe best regions, producers, and vintages. Partnerships with companies\nlike CellarTracker and relationships with a broad range of top collectors,\nbrokers, and other sources throughout the world give Benchmark\npremium access to top wines.\nBenchmark has wines at every price point, ranging from well-aged $50\nbottles to celebrated and treasured wines well into the five figures. They\ncan source almost any other wine in the world from ultra-high quality\nsources. Notables include the Bremer Ratskeller Rudesheimer\nApostelwein 1727, generally regarded as the oldest drinkable wine in\nthe world, a case of Domaine Romanee Conti Romanee Conti Vineyard,\ngenerally considered the highest value wine in the world at release,\naround $200,000.\nYou can find out more about Dave Parker through his social media and website:\nwww.benchmarkwine.com/pages/about\nFacebook: @BenchmarkWineGroup\nInstagram: @benchmarkwine\nTwitter: @BenchmarkWine\nLinkedin:\xa0www.linkedin.com/company/benchmark-wine-group\nCheck out our sponsor for this series Colangelo & Partners colangelopr.com/\nThank you Juliana for hosting this series!\nFollow Juliana Colangelo through any of these channels:\nInstagram:\xa0www.instagram.com/julezcolang/\nFacebook:\xa0www.facebook.com/jules.colangelo/\nTwitter:\xa0twitter.com/JulezColang\nLinkedIn:\xa0www.linkedin.com/in/juliana-colan\u2026lo-mba-04345539/\nInstagram:\xa0www.instagram.com/colangelopr/\nFacebook:\xa0www.facebook.com/ColangeloPR\nTwitter:\xa0twitter.com/ColangeloPR\nLinkedIn:\xa0www.linkedin.com/company/colangel\u2026public-relations\nLet's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels:\nInstagram @italianwinepodcast\nFacebook @ItalianWinePodcast\nTwitter @itawinepodast\nTiktok @MammaJumboShrimp\nLinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast\nIf you feel like helping us, donate here\xa0www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/\nUntil next time, Cin Cin!