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A woman in a blazer pours a taste of red wine across an empty bar for a bartender, a rolling sample bag at her feet.
Brand ambassador Sophie Delacroix-Wynn pours samples for an account in Denver Thursday. Cru & Cellar

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Brand Ambassador Slowly Realizes She Is The Brand

Ambassador has hand-sold 94 percent of on-premise volume; concern noted as great ownership.

Midway through her ninth market visit of the quarter, brand ambassador Sophie Delacroix-Wynn arrived Thursday at the dawning understanding that the winery she represents has no consumer awareness whatsoever and that she is, functionally and entirely, the brand, sources confirmed. “Every account I walk into, they’re not buying the wine. They’re buying me coming in,” said Delacroix-Wynn, who has personally hand-sold 94 percent of the winery’s on-premise volume. “The second I stop flying here, this brand ceases to exist in Colorado. It just evaporates.” Delacroix-Wynn added that she had raised this in her review and been told it showed great ownership.