Tag: Wine

A Word Worth Remembering (But Hard to Say and Spell) You might recall when I first learned about the German word "verschlimmbesserung"--that wonderfully precise term...

This edition of Ryan McCormack's Operational Excellence Mixtape examines the shifting balance between people, systems, and strategy in the pursuit of better performance. From...

TL;DR After devastating 2020 wildfires blanketed Oregon vineyards in smoke, Native Flora Winery resisted quick judgments or panic decisions. Instead, the owners tested, learned,...

tl;dr: Wineries in Spain and France--many with centuries of history--continue to improve through experimentation. They run small tests, learn from both successes and failures,...

Last month, my wife and I had a chance for a week's vacation in Europe. As I've blogged about before, we enjoy doing some form of "gemba walk," if you will, at wineries and distilleries. At one restaurant, I was surprised to find a "chart" of sorts in the form of champagne and wine corks...

I enjoy "gemba visits" (of sorts) to wineries and vacations often focus on this walking, tasting, and learning. I usually read the wine column that's...

I was fortunate to take a nearly two-week vacation recently, a trip that included a week in France. My wife and I had a chance...

Thanks to Arena Simulation Software for asking me to write this article for their regular customer newsletter: "Testing Lean Changes, Small or Large" The article is...

Following up on my previous posts (here and here) on a recent visit to the Northern California Wine Country, I'm going to share a...

Growing grapes and making wine is certainly an art... but when you look into it there's a lot of process involved. As I wrote...

My wife and I just got back from four days in Napa and Sonoma counties doing, ahem, "gemba walks" at a number of wineries,...

Six Sigma - People I might not be able to blog much the next few days, so I'll pose this fun question. Has anyone heard...