Interviewer
Madison Wilson
Description
In this interview, Aidan Purchio discusses working for Winegardner’s Wines in Montana. She talks about having experience in the restaurant industry, but she didn’t have experience with wine when she was hired at Winegardner’s. Purchio says that before the COVID-19 pandemic, their business was split evenly between restaurants and retail stores, However, during the pandemic, their business shifted mostly to retail. Purchio reflects that Winegardner’s filled sample hot sauce bottles filled with wine and then delivered them to clients for them to sample and consider purchasing. Also, Purchio says that group meetings with accounts about purchasing wine changed to individual meetings with specific accounts. And she Purchio discusses having a baby in 2020 during the pandemic, and after that, contracting COVID-19 which affected her taste and smell. She was able to retrain her senses so that she could smell and taste wine again.
Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
COVID-19 Pandemic; Alcohol consumption
Original Date
4-13-2021
Time Period
Twenty-first century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Wet Missoula: COVID-19 and Alcohol Oral History Project, OH 478, Archives & Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 478-031
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:43:41 minutes
Local Filename
OH_478_031_use_audio.mp3; OH_478_031_transcript.pdf
Citation
Purchio, Aidan, "Aidan Purchio Interview, April 13, 2021" (2021). Wet Missoula: COVID-19 and Alcohol Oral History Project. 12.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/wetmissoulacovid19_oralhistory/12
