SARAH POWELL HOSPITALITY OPERATIONS MANAGER What shining qualities do you bring to your role at Harney Lane? As a Hospitality Operations Manager, my role is to encourage our team to positively influence everyone we encounter. With a hospitality background specializing in weddings, hotels, wineries, and retail, I think I carry a lot of knowledge in different aspects of the customer journey. I enjoy taking my past experience and using it to create a memorable experience for all of the customers that come through our doors at Harney Lane. How do you light the…
>>> READ MOREKathy Mettler FOURTH-GENERATION PROPRIETOR What shining qualities do you bring to your role at Harney Lane? I am part owner at Harney Lane and fourth-generation family member on the Home Ranch. Being that our tasting room is quite literally in my backyard, I feel like Harney Lane is an extension of my family. I believe that I bring a welcoming and friendly face to all those who come through our doors. I want people to feel like they are coming into our home. I also can tend to speak “off-the-cuff,” meaning that I like…
>>> READ MOREJORJA LERNER FIFTH GENERATION PROPRIETOR What shining qualities do you bring to your role at Harney Lane? As the fifth generation on the Harney Lane property, Kyle & I were the creative force behind starting the winery. We worked alongside my parents who had stewarded the land into the fourth generation. I currently still manage all the operations on the sales and marketing side of the business, and also manage the compliance and financials (the exciting stuff). My personality pushes me to continually make things better. I am a bit of a perfectionist,…
>>> READ MOREAs I’m sure you know, wine is not your typical alcoholic beverage. It is delicate and sensitive, and requires a little more attention than most. With that being said, we don’t think that means wine should be complicated or inaccessible. Whether it’s the first bottle you’ve ever purchased, or you want to revisit the wine basics, we’ve created a simple handbook for you to learn more about storing and serving wine properly. If anything, we hope to enhance that first sip moment and make it the most enjoyable part of your day. Storing People…
>>> READ MOREMy mom loves to tell the story that I never wanted to marry a farmer or be in the wine grape industry. I didn’t expect life to take me in this direction. Growing up, my dad, as the fourth-generation farmer, tilled the land here on Harney Lane. We primarily grew wine grapes, but also farmed table grapes, sweet corn, and a variety of other crops to make ends meet. Farming was challenging, especially some years. Throughout certain years it be-came very evident how little of the farming you can control. We can’t influence the…
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