I started in the wine business around 1971.\u00a0 Then in 1974, I joined IBM where I worked for 35 years.\u00a0 During that time, I still stay closed to wine.\u00a0 \u00a0I continued to read all about wines and taste wines from different countries.<\/p>\n
In 1996, I started working at a local wine shop as their person to help customers taste wines.\u00a0 I did that for 5 years and was able to increase my working knowledge of many domestic wines.<\/p>\n
In 2009, I retired from IBM and started working at a local wine shop.\u00a0 I took over as their wine manager.\u00a0 I expanded my wine workings into almost every continent and type of wine.\u00a0 \u00a0 I ran daily wine tastings, plus I conducted monthly educational seminars on wine.<\/p>\n
During this time, I also ran Wine Dinners for about a 100 people.\u00a0 I would select the wine theme and then work closely with the caterer in coming up with the perfect pairing of wine and food.\u00a0 \u00a0 Some of the themes, I had were<\/p>\n
Champagne Night<\/em> I still spend a lot of time reading, researching and tasting various wines.\u00a0 One of my hobbies is to visit different wine shops.\u00a0 \u00a0I like to see their inventory,\u00a0 I want to see how they display their wines and also how the staff at the store can help with wines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I started in the wine business around 1971.\u00a0 Then in 1974, I joined IBM where I worked for 35 years.\u00a0 During that time, I still stay closed to wine.\u00a0 \u00a0I continued to read all about wines and taste wines from different countries. In 1996, I started working at a local wine shop as their person … <\/p>\n
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