winewithpaige

After completing her  WSET Level 3 certification class in early 2018, Paige Comrie wanted an opportunity to share her love and knowledge for wine with others while documenting her own favorites and tasting notes. This lead to the creation of Paige’s  wine-focused Instagram, @winewithpaige. From there, she realized how many people were interested in wine but had no idea where to start, and that inspired her to do something new to to make wine personal and fun. She started giving at-home tastings and offering a customized wine club, as an opportunity to create an environment where people can ask real questions without fear of judgement. After all, wine should be fun, not scary. 

Browse her web site and look over the section on At Home Wine Tastings. and join  her club and see just how wonderful wine can be.

•  She is  incredibly passionate about small, independent businesses, and American-made wine.
• She  took her WSET Level 2 and passed with Distinction in 2017.
• In 2018, she passed  the WSET Level 3 with Merit.
• Paige is now currently working on becoming a Certified American Wine Specialist.
• In the past,  she has worked as a Professional Photographer and an Assistant Buyer in the Fashion Industry. Paige  tries to bring those creative touches to everything she does.

Visit her website or check out her posts on Instagram

    Keith DiLauro

 

Welcome to KD Private Chefs. Our passion and purpose is to help people eat well, live well and be well. We do that by providing a full-service, personalized private chef service, taking care of everything you need for your eating to reflect your well being and lifestyle goals.

My passion came to life when I began to cook for private clients, often people with very busy schedules, such as public figures, business leaders, entertainers, athletes and families. I’m now surrounded by a terrific team of talented and nutritionally aware chefs who share my commitment for creating delicious and healthy homemade food, and who understand the elevated level of service, personalization and discretion our members need.

When it comes to our food, health and taste are of equal importance. Our food is seasonally inspired, and created with your individual wellbeing, tastes and needs in mind, along with a commitment to sourcing the best quality ingredients.

As a completely bespoke service, we focus on delivering what is important to you. We can’t wait to meet you!

Head Chef & Founder, Keith DiLauro

 

Chef Keith DiLauro’s signature artisanal wellness chocolate bark is expertly crafted using the highest quality and carefully selected health-boosting ingredients for a delicious, healthier snack alternative.

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“I want to share my passion with the initiates and the curious, while initiating the “dummies” in beer who would like to start tasting.”   (Emilie)

Emilie wants to share her favorite beer with people. Help the amateurs to develop their brewing knowledge and learn more about micro beer through the different exchanges.

Besides her passion for beer, Emilie is also an actress.  She was in the 2015 movie “The Walk”, the story of Philippe Petit, the only person to walk between the two World Trade Towers in New York.

(photo credit:  Carl Theriault)

On this menu, you will find the various individuals that I have had the opportunity to talk to about their passion and love for wine , beer and the finer things in life.

I will be adding more talented individuals, as my coverage expands.

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Cristie Norman is a Certified Sommelier (CMS & WSET 3), bikini athlete, and creator of the Youtube Series “Adulting With Alcohol,” a mix of wine education and humor.  “Wine doesn’t have to be super complicated. Her vision is to make the world of wine accessible and fun for everyone; reaching millennials is the key.”   All you have to do is read a few of her posts on Instagram and you can see all the enthusiasm and passion she has for wine and to bring that forward to anyone who wants to li

Cristie was inspired to become a sommelier before being old enough to purchase alcohol;  At sixteen, she worked at a tea house with over one hundred and twenty selections, making recommendations based on variety, region, style and price point. She jokes that her first job was as a “Tea Sommelier.” At twenty-years old, she studied the wine list at the local steakhouse where she worked as a waiter and started to read about wine extensively.

Cristie passed her introductory CMS exam a couple weeks after her twenty-first birthday and certified within the year. Soon after, she was hired at Spago and has grown under the guidance of Wine Director Phillip Dunn.

More recently, Cristie acquired her WSET Advanced certification and launched her own line of Somm Apparel.

Beerswithmandy

Mandy is  Cicerone and a National Homebrew Competition Gold Medal Winner.  Because of her love of beer, she has traveled around the world celebrating with it, learning about it and just loving it.   Mandy is looking to share the joy that food and beer brings to her, and hopefully inspire others to learn more about beer.

She  also wants to share beer-adjacent things she loves that make cooking, cleaning, brewing, and well, life, a little easier and a lot more fun.

surfingsomm

Erin has a great passion not only for wine, but for surfing.   If you have followed her on Instagram, you will know that so many of her posts are scenes are surfing or neat a beach with a great bottle of wine.   She became a certified Sommelier in 2007 through the Court of Master Sommeliers.  She continued education and completed American Sommelier’s Blind Tasting in 2017.  Along the way, she  worked in dozens of restaurants and was fortunate to work along side many culinary leaders.  On of her goals  is to develop the CWCA into the leading destination for Wine & Culinary Arts.  Along the way, she plans to build a wine team and allow up & coming sommeliers to share their passions and knowledge of the subject.

Surfingsomm.com is truly Erin’s own little passion project, gaining more and more attraction each day. She hopes you enjoy browsing her site and all of the unique content she has to offer. Take some time to explore the blog, read something interesting, and feel free to reach out her if you would like to collaborate on a project together. Read on and enjoy!

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Ami’s big move to wine came after a trip to Tuscany, Italy.   As she says  I had an enology epiphany. I needed to learn more about wine.  She has several certificates regarding levels of wine knowedge.  She is always studying and has a goal  to attend the Master of WIne program in London.   Ami is deeply involved with wine tastings, wine conferences mainly centered around her home area on Long Island.   Being an Long Islander myself, so much of what she writes and talks about seem to be in my back yard.  For a fresh look, check out her web site.

Over the past two and a half years, Ami has increased her palate in tasting whites, reds, rosés, and sparkling wines. She has read several books on wine, joined the wine club Wine Awesomeness and joined the New York Wine Events VIP club. She has joined the professional organizations titled the American Wine Society and Society of Wine Educators.

What does her  blog have in store? She plans to go to wine events, enhance her enology education, interview wine enthusiasts and professionals, and sip savory wines one bottle at a time all while sharing her experience here with you all.