Tina Palmer Original Art
‘Winter Sunset’
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In the late 1980s, they adapted to the fast
pace of the chocolate industry’s demand
for truffles and became truffle wholesalers,
moving large volumes of the delicious
chocolate candies to stores in need of
quality product. The outcome of the
business model change was incredibly
favorable for the Birnn brothers, and
success came fast. They needed to
expand production and needed a bigger
facility in a place with affordable rent to
accommodate the potential for even more
future growth. Reflecting on the
circumstances that brought her father and
uncle up to Vermont, Julia Birnn says that
her father and uncle’s youthful adventures
hiking and skiing New England mountains
played a significant role in their decision.
“They wondered, ‘What should we do?
Where should we go?’ …My uncle and
dad [had at one point] lived together in
New Hampshire, and they loved skiing and
hiking and the outdoors…They said, ‘Let’s
move to Vermont’…Thinking back now—
being in a similar situation myself— taking
that leap of faith is pretty risky, and it’s
pretty incredible that they did that.”
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