A graduate of Cornell Hotel School, Don Coe served 5 years in the US Navy and then managed restaurants and clubs before getting into the wines and spirits business.
During his 23-year career with Allied Domecq Spirits & Wine, formerly Hiram Walker, Don was responsible for marketing and sales of group wines and spirits in various markets worldwide.
He recently finished two terms on the State of Michigan Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, serves on the Traverse Bay Economic Development Corporation and sits on the board of the Grand Traverse Foodshed Alliance. He is on the advisory committee for the Great Lakes Culinary Institute at Northwestern Michigan College.
Currently, he resides in Traverse City where he is Managing Partner of Black Star Farms of Suttons Bay and Old Mission, MI, with wineries, tasting rooms, distillery, inn, café, and stables – premier agricultural destinations.
This talk was from January 2015 Fulfillament. in Traverse City, MI
Fulfillament is a storytelling event featuring local community leaders & entrepreneurs who share their journey towards fulfillment through vocation that will challenge you to come alive.
This podcasts are personal, inside stories from these individuals… Why they do what they do, how did they get there, and how does it make them come alive? Each storyteller will issue a challenge for you to find fulfillment in your own life – you ready to make some change?
Here is Don’s story…..
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