A New Start for 2010

Today, I signed an internal transfer letter at Google and will be changing roles effective 1/1/2010.  In my new role, I'll be working with the Consumer Package Goods team developing RFP responses, pulling market research, and presenting in front of clients like P&G, Kraft, and General Mills.

To celebrate, I bought a bottle of Champagne from the Noble Grape that Jon and I will pop tonight. Fun story about this Champagne:


Graham Beck Sparkling Wine - South Africa $16
I included this in my New Year's Eve sparkling wine post but the connection to Obama is too perfect so I'm including it in this post as well. In 1994 Graham Beck Brut NV was chosen as the celebratory drink at the inauguration of South Africa's first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela. More recently, after declaring his intention to run for president in February this year, Barack Obama took his wife, Michelle, to one of their favourite restaurants in Chicago. The sommelier recommended two glasses of Graham Beck Brut NV. The Obamas were so impressed with this bubbly that they ordered six bottles for election day. The corks were then ceremoniously popped to celebrate the election of the 44th American president before Barack Obama addressed the world at Grant Park.


-From What Would Alpana Drink