Category Archives for "Paradise Rescued"

It starts with WHY!

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] I was recently very taken with some work that I saw and read by American marketing and leadership guru Simon Sinek. His name and presentations hadn’t been on my radar at […]

Monika Elling: Brand Bordeaux Marketing – missing the mark?

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] This week, we bring you a #GrapeMoments guest blog article from our US partner Monika Elling, founder and CEO of New York based top specialist luxury good Marketing and Communications agency […]

Grape Moments: A Day in the Life of brand Paradise Rescued

One of the questions I am asked all the time is “David, other than drinking wine and squeezing a couple of grapes, what do you do in Cardan when you visit?” I thought it would be fun this week to (briefly?) capture a Day in the life of brand Paradise Rescued. If only it was […]

Team Profile: Tricia Wiles, Sweet Graphic Design

Paradise Rescued has been incredibly fortunate with the people we partner and work with. I am still not sure whether we find them or they find us. Maybe a bit of both? Either way, the results have been amazing and so powerful across all of the areas of our brand and business. It’s probably worth […]

Vine2Wine – Great day, great team, great Cabernet Franc

What an amazing day, what a wonderful team and hopefully another great Bordeaux varietal Cabernet Franc! Vintage 2014! [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Readers of this blog will be up to speed with the “interesting” weather […]

Vine2Wine – Handcrafted Bordeaux Merlot harvest is in!

In many corners of every wine region of the world, the debate rolls on. And will continue – for ever! Machine harvesting versus hand picking. If you had been in the middle of the Hourcat Centre Old Vine Block Merlot section with us this morning, one would understand that if you want to make the […]

Visual Branding – be deliberate and consistent!

It was both a pleasure and huge honour to be asked to speak last week at #SMPros14 in Brisbane on the subject “Visualise your Brand”. #SMPros14 is Australia’s leading Social Media Professionals training event, co-ordinated and staged by Zoe Wyatt of Social Media Shortcut. It was also a fun opportunity to think back and take […]

Vine2Wine – Countdown to #Harvest14

It’s here again. We have reached that exciting but nervous time again when the success of a whole season’s hard work hangs off a couple of weeks of weather! [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] The mood […]

Smash your ceiling – the Roger Bannister story!

Quite often in our lives, we look at certain situations and conclude that a particular goal cannot be achieved. Why is that? Well most often it is because no one else has ever achieved it so we believe that the ceiling cannot be broken through. And then we consciously decide that the situation is OK. […]

Grape Moments: Remember, there are two Cabernets?

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Only too often, when someone is offered a choice of a glass of red wine, the answer comes back “A glass of Cab please”. I wish I could just butt in, […]