Ep 64: Strategies for Growing a Wine Brand with Nicolas Jay’s Jay Boberg

Dec 9, 2025
40 mins

Episode Description

In this episode of the Small Fortune Podcast, host Carol Collison talks with fellow UCLA Bruin and IRS Records founder-turned-winemaker Jay Boberg. Jay talks about the difference between launching a band and launching a wine brand, why he and partner Jean Nicolas Meo chose Oregon’s Willamette Valley (hint: profitability is in that mix),  and various growth strategies such as developing a brand first; staging sales growth to reduce cash burn; and staging estate development so that it can be funded from cash flow.

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Sponsor: Global Wine Partners https://www.globalwinebank.com/

Editor: John Kiernan, The PodHouse Productions www.thepodhouseproductions.com  

Music: Nate Collison

Logo Photography: John Corcoran

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