Less Political Whine, More Political Wine!

Politics and wine go together like ... well ... sometimes it's just good to have a glass of wine when you're talking politics, especially when it's with someone who doesn't share the same, shall we say, sensibilities!

But a couple of politically active guys who also love wine noticed that at a lot of political events, the wine that gets served was, shall we say, not worthy of any sort of nomination.

And so, The Political Winery was born!  One of its founders, Chris Trebilcock, took the time to talk with me a couple of weeks ago, about the inspiration for this venture.

"Often, when you attend a political event, like a fund-raiser, some random wine is chosen just by price.  We saw a market there, to provide quality, affordable wine to political events," Trebilcock told me on the phone just days before he was headed off for his honeymoon!  And so, a great business idea was born!

Interestingly, he and his partner are from different sides of the political aisle.  Trebilcock has held a variety of positions in politics, including time spent working for former Michigan Governor James Blanchard.  His partner in wine, John Helmholdt, also has a lengthy resume of political involvement.  But their love of good, inexpensive wine led them to to create the Political Winery (who so graciously donated some items for our recent MOMocrats Swag-o-Rama!)

At the moment, they offer a couple of different red and white wines, and hope to corner the market on wine for the politically active in coming years.   And who knows -- they might even be serving it at the conventions!

When she isn't honing her sommelier skills, you can also find Joanne pondering the political at her place, PunditMom. She also hangs out at The Huffington Post and BlogHer, where she is a Contributing Editor for Politics & News.

Also, PunditMom's DNC coverage starts today with something a little "unconventional!"

Comments

[Daisy]

Now that's creative marketing!

[Joefucious]

I love the Rage Against the McCain header.