The Traveling Vineyard (TTV), a direct selling company, and pending member of the Direct Selling Association, which focuses on bringing quality wines to customers through in-home tasting events, has risen from the ashes of bankruptcy under the direction of Rick Libby, its new CEO, and in his own words, "Chief Grape Stomper and Head Cheerleader". Libby started his business career with Marriott International Inc., and subsequently worked for 18 years in a variety of executive sales and marketing and general management positions.