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| Tom DiNardo - The Wine Zealot
 | | Tom DiNardo has worked in the wine industry in both California and Washington. With a reverence for the grape, Tom continues his passionate pursuit today as a wine consultant and educator who teaches others about oenology and wine collecting. Mr. DiNardo is a sommelier diplomate with the International Sommelier Guild and a member of the Society of Wine Educators. He is a freelance writer for Wine Enthusiast, Decanter, Santé and Wine Adventure Magazines, and is a regular contributor to Wine Squire.com and WineandSpiritsJobs.com. Tom is a featured auctioneer for Chicago based ERI wine auction gallery, and has sold some of the finest and rarest wines from around the world. Mr. DiNardo is also a certified master appraiser. Through these unique experiences, Tom has gained invaluable knowledge about the wine industry.
Prior to his wine immersion experience, Tom DiNardo founded DiNardo & Lord Auctioneers in 1993. A true entrepreneur and veteran charity auctioneer, Mr. DiNardo now had a unique opportunity to marry both his passion for wine and fund-raising auctions together in pioneering what is today one of the most exciting and newly emerging trends: charity wine auctions. Since its founding, DiNardo & Lord Auctioneers has achieved an outstanding reputation for fund-raising, record setting auction revenues (5 world records), and client satisfaction. Tom has been a featured auctioneer on TLC's "Wrecks to Riches" television program. DiNardo & Lord Auctioneers is ranked as one of the “Top 4 fundraising auction firms" in the nation, and Tom DiNardo has been referred to as "one of the nation’s preeminent charity wine auctioneers.” Tom welcomes the opportunity to serve your organization. Visit my Auction Calendar.
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PO Box #11
Lynden, WA 98264
USA
360-320-2155
www.DiNardoandLordAuctioneers.com |
| The Wine Nose
| | The Wine Nose offer a variety of wine tasting fun but informative events. We have young wine educators from a WSET background who wish to spread their knowledge with people who wish to know a little bit more about what goes in that wine glass.
From wine tasting team building events, to trips across the Uk and europe. Give them a call
More Info:
7 Baseline Studios
Whitchurch Road
London
W11 4AT
0845 075 1048
www.winenose.co.uk |
| Luisa Welch
| | With many years' experience in teaching the Higher Certificate and the Diploma in Wine and Spirits, Luisa now offers a series of tailor-made courses, specialising mainly on one-day introductions to tasting. These can be done for small or larger groups, for offices, as part of a motivational event and so on. Fun blind tastings to build team spirit are also carried out. Of course, more in-depth courses are also available.
More Info:
Museum House
25 Museum Street
London WC1A 1JT
+44 (20) 7631 3116
www.euposia.co.uk |
| The Ultimate Wine Company Ltd
| | Specialist in unusual, indigenous grape varieties, and the following countries/locations - Austria, Italy, Portugal, Spain (especially sherries), Germany, Switzerland, California, Oregon. Regular speaker at Wine Society events, private tastings, etc. Will do tastings for groups of 4 or more. Also wine tourism for groups of 4 or more to all the above locations.
More Info:
8 Millbank, Mill Road
Marlow, Bucks. SL7 1UA
England
44-1628-474788
www.ultimatewines.co.uk |
| Sarah Ahmed, The Wine Detective
| | Award winning wine writer and educator Sarah Ahmed is available to present wine tastings to your brief.
Sarah chose the name The Wine Detective because a glass of wine is not just a great source of pleasure, but also a source of clues about the grapes from which the wine is made, the age of the wine, how much it costs and where it is from.
Her mission is to help others unlock these clues and enhance their appreciation of wine. For companies, wine societies, and individuals, The Wine Detective's tastings offer an informative and fun way of engaging with wine, equipping you with the skills to detect the clues in a glass of wine.
Great for team-building or an informal get-together with colleagues, friends and clients, tastings provide an opportunity to learn more about wine and have some fun along the way!
Areas of special interest include the Loire, South Africa, Australia (Sarah presents tastings for Wine Australia), Catalonia, Portugal and Italy.
Sarah is a member of The Circle of Wine Writers.
More Info:
PO Box 44693
London
N16 0XU
07769 650223
www.thewinedetective.co.uk |
| Leiths School of Food and Wine
| | The Food and Wine Matching lectures are generally delivered by Nancy Gilchrist MW, another Master of Wine and we are lucky enough to have working with us on our courses. Nancy is a highly experienced speaker on the subject of matching wine with food, widely acknowledged as a particularly tricky subject, not least because tastes are so personal. However Nancy explains the principles of how food affects the flavour of wine (and vice versa) with such clarity and knowledge that the subject starts to make a great deal more sense. A key outcome of the session is that the audience leave with the ability to work out the right pairings for themselves in future.
The Champagne lectures are generally delivered by Richard Bampfield MW, an experienced speaker and one of only 250 or so Masters of Wine in the world. Richard is responsible for the wine side of the Leiths Diploma in Food and Wine and has developed a speaking style that is both informative and informal. His audience often comment on his evident love of wine as a subject, and, by his own admission, Champagne is a particular weakness!
More Info:
21 St Alban's Grove
London
W8 5BP
0207 229 0177
www.leiths.com |
| Kate Thal
| | All sorts of tastings and wine education sessions in the greater London area. Look at www.greenandbluewines.com for more details on my background
More Info:
38 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, SE22 9HJ
07740 705079
www.greenandbluewines.com |
| Alexander (Sandy) Leckie
| | Sandy’s first career was as a training and development manager in a multi-national corporation. In 1994, feeling the need for a change of direction, he harnessed a life-long passion for wine to launch a second career as a wine educator.
The wine school, which Sandy now manages with fellow AWE members, Lena Inger and Vivienne Franks, is one of the biggest of its kind in the country. Trading as The Wine Education Service Limited, it runs a wide ranges of courses and events for wine lovers. Courses are designed to suit all levels of knowledge and are delivered in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. There are six venues in London and regional centres in Aberdeen, Birmingham, Carlisle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Oxford, Essex, Kent and Sussex. In addition, there are wine workshops, tutored wine tastings, wine tours and wine holidays.
The Wine Education Service can tailor-make any event for a client.
In his own capacity, Sandy tutors wine tastings for private clients and wine clubs. Alsace, Burgundy, Rhône, Languedoc, California, New Zealand are some of his specialities.
He is an experienced wine tour guide. He is a judge at the International Wine Challenge. He also runs the tasting programme for the Institut Francais du Royaume-uni.
Sandy is a member of the Circle of Wine Writers and the Association of Wine Educators.
More Info:
1 Farnell Place, Off Pierrepoint Road, London W3 9EG
07802 944 920
www.wineeducators.com/sandy_leckie.html |
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