Certified Sommelier; founder of wine edutainment company and key note wine speaker for fortune 500 companies; wine instructor at culinary institute --creating content, developing competencies; previous owner of wine distributorship; previously executive director of wine exporting association -- organized and facilitated wine tastings, wine seminars, trade show booths and fam tours throughout the United States, North America, Europe and Asia; professional wine judge
Wrote master’s thesis on wine marketing at the University of the Pacific; hold the higher certificate from WSET (predates the diploma); post graduate work at the University of California at Davis in enology and viticulture (community education department) |