Please join me in welcoming Melissa Dobson as LENNDEVOURS' newest contributor. You may know Melissa from her blog Family, Love, Wine, but I know her as a wine lover and aspiring PR consultant who is based in the Finger Lakes.
Since moving to the Finger Lakes with her husband, she has become passionate about the emerging wine region and has jumped in to become an additional ambassador for the local wine industry.
Her PR experience includes a stint at Deutsch, Inc. in Manhattan on PR teams that included Samuel Adams Beer, 7UP PLUS and Snapple. While in New York City, she discovered her love of following trends and thought leaders in the wine and culinary industries.
Here on LENNDEVOURS, she'll be focusing primarily on Finger Lakes news and also chip in covering events when our other Finger Lakes contributor can't attend.
Welcome aboard, Melissa.
Thanks so much for the warm welcome, Lenn! I look forward to contributing here and welcome tips and ideas.
Posted by: Melissa Dobson | September 18, 2008 at 02:30 PM
Welcome Melissa! You will make a great addition to the team.
Posted by: Morgen McLaughlin | September 18, 2008 at 05:10 PM
Make sure to read this woman's words. She's a very good thinker. Not only that, she's generous. Ask her sometime who she's working with and toward what ends. It's a good thing she does. I and other wine consumers are lucky to have her.
Posted by: Tom Wark | September 18, 2008 at 07:29 PM
Morgen and Tom,
I'm truly touched by your kind words and grateful for the opportunities that you both have helped me to uncover.
Posted by: Melissa Dobson | September 19, 2008 at 07:13 AM
Welcome aboard!
Posted by: Jason Feulner | September 19, 2008 at 09:22 AM
Thank you, Jason!
Posted by: Melissa Dobson | September 19, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Welcome to the most unpretentious circle of passion filled wine geeks on the web.
Now tell me more about these "finger" lakes you speak of, lol.
Posted by: Bryan | September 20, 2008 at 11:22 PM
My friend Gary is moving back to the Finger Lakes from Winston-Salem, NC. He's spent 20 years as a Sales Rep for various companies on the East Coast. Gary is looking for job opportunities in the Wine Industry; particulary wine sales, distribution, etc.
Melissa; who can Gary contact to get his name 'out there?"
Patrick
P.S. Is Corning, Inc. hiring at all? ? pgalvin@rochester.rr.com Thanks wine lover !!!!
Posted by: Patrick Galvin | March 24, 2009 at 05:41 PM