Feb 1, 2022 Guest speaker on Industrial Cigar Company in Frisco, TX Cigar Talk TuesdayDiscussed pairing wine with cigars. Domaine les Capreoles l’Amourgandise Terroir de Lantignie 2016100% Gamay from France
October 6th, 2021 Tales from the Lounge in Frisco, TX. Olivares Dulce Monastrell Jumilla 2010, M. Chapoutier La Bernardine Châteauneuf du Pape 2015
May 26th, 2021 Tales from the Lounge Frisco, TXBlandy’s Madeira 5 year Bual, Kraemer Blanc de Blancs, Cooper & Thief Red Wine Blend 2018
September 15, 2014 Court of Master Sommeliers Test level 1 passed. In Louisville, KY
June 4th, 2021 Hosted live tasting to benefit ACS CAN, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, which helps legislate federal and state cancer laws.
August 2018 Volunteered for Nashville Wine Auction events. I was the head Sommelier at the Vintners dinner that year, at Thompson Nashville. Sommelier for the appreciation breakfast after the live auction at a board members home. Also was active during the live auction, at Loews Vanderbilt Hotel. $1,182,000 raised that night.
Spring/Summer 2011 Cellar hand for Torbreck 2010 Vintage. Performed all aspects of vintage from receiving to bottling the wines, including receiving and processing grapes, performing pumpovers while checking Baume levels and temperature during fermentation, racking white wines in the steel tanks, and bottling on the bottle line.
