Wine Puns ARE Funny!

This morning I woke up feeling bubbly. I wanted to make the world smile for a day. World, take advantage of that, I am not always this chipper, especially on a Monday morning. I started my Monday just the same as any other. I checked my emails, wrote a LinkedIn post and then went on to Facebook.

Cru Wine Specialists has a Facebook fan page filled with all sorts of cool resources and fun information for people to read about and learn. Every Monday on the Cru Facebook page I post a Wine Pick, Tuesdays are 'Nick's Thought of the Week', on Wednesday I usually do something interactive and then Thursday I do a weather report from a wine region. Pretty cool stuff, people seem to enjoy it, and I get a bunch of comments which I enjoy reading.

After I post on the Cru Facebook page I usually go to my personal page and post something wacky. I do this because deep down I am just another Cork Dork wrapped up in a gorgeous body ;) This morning as I mentioned I was feeling rather frisky, so I decided to "free the grapes" in my own way, I started a post about wine puns. They are absolutely my favorite and I love when people engage in them with me. I have already received a positive response and I am literally having the best day EVER because of this.

So if you want to have fun and learn a little about wine at the same time check out our Cru Wine Specialists Facebook page and friend me personally on Facebook. Cru is on their 'Cru of 1000' campaign. We are looking to have 1000 Cru Facebook fans by the time we launch in a week and a half. So become a fan to support the cause and if you know anyone who would be interested in joining we encourage you to invite them to the insanity by clicking 'suggest to friends' on the left hand side of the page.

Thanks again for your continued support and CLICK HERE to check out the Cru Facebook page.

Salut,

Nicholas Barth

Certified Sommelier

Cru Wine Online

Wine Director

Cru of 1000

With a week of being live under our belt we feel pretty good. It has been fun, chaotic and challenging, in no particular order. I got in to wine because I wasn't good with technology, now I find myself surrounded by it. I love writing scripts and being on camera, I would argue I am actually not too bad at it, but I can barely get the printer to do a double sided copy let alone shoot, edit and upload videos. Enter J.C.

J.C. is our Chief Technology Officer, he makes sure that everything works, even when it shouldn't. He is like a babysitter for binary numbers, when they get out of line he is so patient with them. He listens, understands and coaxes them in to doing what he wants. Not like me, I throw stuff and yell. And when I break it because I threw it, I yell more.

We have all logged a lot of hours trying to make this dream a reality. From JC's technology battles to Andy's Ecommerce project and my content, on-air, and production management, we are firing on all cylinders. The fun comes at the end of the day when we crack a bottle and laugh. The Chaos comes during the day when we are trying to complete tasks, and the challenge comes when we fall just short of a goal for the day.

We have a great team, and we have a lot of support. The people who stand behind us mean the world to us. We have all taken a risk and are believe in what we are doing. I jokingly tell my wife "this will make a good book some day." But to be quite honest, it really will. We are three guys working 70 hour weeks to launch a product that is in completely uncharted waters. We have faith that our passion and vision are in need.

With all of that being said we can't do it with out all of you. We need your help in spreading the news. We have put together a campaign called 'Cru of 1000'. We are trying to get 1000 friends to join the Cru Facebook page by May 1st. We realize it is an aggressive goal but we have such a great support network we know we can do it with everyone's help. If you haven't joined our Cru Wine Specialists Facebook page please do so. If you have we simply ask you to spread the word and let everyone know we would love their support too.

Thank you to everyone for following us, and for those of you who have no idea what I am talking about visit www.cruwineonline.com to see how we are revolutionizing the wine industry.
Until next Monday...Salut!

Nicholas Barth
Certified Sommelier
Wine Director
Cru Wine Online