Yesterday I received a press release from Leif Johnson of the Palisade Chamber of Commerce in Colorado. Two Rivers Winery & Chateau has just purchased Amber Ridge Winery. We visited Two Rivers Winery last year in Grand Junction, Colorado and discovered it to be a lovely winery to taste wines and spend the night.

It was very interesting to read the press release. In explaining their reasons about why they decided to purchase another winery during this economic downturn, the press release states: “Two Rivers owners have spent hours trying to understand what is in front of their operation. How should they react to the pundits, the naysayers and the doomsdays folks. Witham says ‘What we have learned and what we have determined is that we are, like most people in the country, victims of what we call paralysis of analysis. We decided we had to stop this behavior and get on with our business.’”

We applaud Bob Witham to be working towards attempting to ignore the naysayers by investing in his future. We also applaud Grand Valley National Bank that he is working with, as it appears to be a bank that has a commitment to doing business the right way.

Cheers, Kathy