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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
888-503-0828
www.DiNardoandLordAuctioneers.com |
| Jaclyn Stuart, CS, WSET-Certified
| | Jaclyn Stuart is known for her "playful approach" to wine. As the Wine Director for BIANCHINI Restaurants, Jaclyn helped launch INDULGE, a wine room that is the first of its kind in Milwaukee. Jaclyn conducts regular wine classes and tasting at Indulge and also consults for a variety of corporate classes and events. She is currently working toward her diploma-level certification with the WSET and plans to take the Court of Master Sommeliers' Advanced exam in 2010.
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| Lou Bruno
| | Lou Bruno brings 35
years of experience in the food and wine industry to the Table. In 1977, he founded Bruno Wines and Spirits, Inc., a wholesale wine importing company. In 1996 Lou opened two restaurants as Chef and General Manager. Lou is also a Commandeur, Vice Counsellier Culinaire and member of the Board of Directors of the prestigious and exclusive 13th century Confrerie de la Chaine des Rottisseurs.
Currently and for the last 25 years Lou is teaching Wine and Food Classes at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Alverno College, The Cooking Store and The Preserve at Deer Creek Golf. He has been a Wine Lecturer at other Universities and organizations over the years. In addition, he became the first Wine Writer for the Journal-Sentinel, guest of several radio and TV talk shows and a Chef personality on channel 12 in Milwaukee. Currently Lou is writing Food, Wine and Travel articles for the magazine Living on the Lake.
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1335 Barrington Woods Drive
Brookfield, WI 53045
866 639 4856
www.tuscantable.com |
| Jessica Bell of Milwaukee Wine School
| | JESSICA BELL comes to back to Milwaukee after leaving more than 10 years ago to pursue a degree at Duke University. Her degree in Economics and Spanish eventually led her to Spain where she started her career in wine. She worked for a Spanish winery and then moved to New York City where she became a Sommelier at The Modern, voted Best New Restaurant in America 2005. While in New York City, Jessica complemented her occupational wine knowledge with academic credentials by studying with the International Wine Center and the American Sommelier Association in New York.
Jessica is currently Director of Tastings at a local Milwaukee wine store and provides private tastings for Milwaukee residents, organizations, retail stores and restaurants. She also organizes wine trips for Milwaukee residents to different wine-making regions in the world.
Please contact her if you are interested in learning more about her wine education and/or travel programs.
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646-327-3356
www.milwaukeewineschool.com |
| Sean Barrett Grape Lakes Wine & Spirits LLC
| | Kohler Food & Wine ExperienceWine & Spirit Presenters
Sean Barrett
Grape Lakes Wine and Spirits
Broker/Importer of Fine Wines and Spirits
Sean has worked in the food, wine and hospitality industry for the past 25 years. Sean worked in the Napa Valley for eight years. Four years as the maitre d’ of the four-star restaurant at Domaine Chandon and four years as the Food and Beverage Director of Meadowood Resort, home of the Napa Valley Vintners Association and the Napa Valley Wine Auction. Sean left Napa to return home and become the General Manager of the English Room inside the historic Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee. Sean moved into wine sales with local distributors United Wine and Spirits and Edison Liquor. He became Regional Manager for A.V. Imports, Inc., an importer of fine wines and spirits from Columbia, Maryland. Today, he has his own company, Grape Lakes Wine and Spirits, and will be a broker/importer of wine and spirits from around the world. Throughout his experiences, Sean has had the opportunity to travel the wine regions of Italy, France, Spain, Germany and the U.S. Sean is a member of the Associazione Italiana Sommeliers (A.I.S.) and a member of the Society of Wine Educators.
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2424 N. 59th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53210
414-871-9150
www.grapelakeswineandspirits.com |
| Brendan Moore
| | Brendan has been a long-time restaurant worker starting in fast food at the age of 16. His career has led him from working in the kitchen to managing some of Milwaukee's finest and busiest restaurants.
Brendan's wine training began in 2000 when he joined the Bartolotta team and know holds the designations of Second-Level Certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers, is a CSW (Certified Specialist of Wine) by the Society of Wine Educators and most recently became Wisconsin's only Official Spanish Wine Educator, accredited through the Spanish Wine Academy, taught by Spain's only MW, Pancho Campo.
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414-350-0803
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| Toni Johnson - Professional Wine Consultants
| | After living in Los Angeles and New York working as an actor (waiter) where Toni’s passion for excellent food and wine developed, Toni Johnson's wine career began as a buyer for a revolutionary group of wine shops in the early 90’s in Portland Oregon that featured independent wine shops that had world wide representation in local grocery stores. Moving to Seattle Washington took her into restaurant management where she oversaw top lists specializing in the great wines of the Pacific Northwest. After moving to Wisconsin in 1998, where her career included overseeing lists in top restaurants in Milwaukee, she began to test with the Court of Master Sommeliers, an internationally respected testing organization that has less that 180 member worldwide, 80 in the United States and only 13 of those are women, and passed the first in 2004. In 2007 Toni passed the 3rd level advanced test for the Court and became the first and only person in Wisconsin to have passed that level and can start to sit the exam to become a Master Sommelier in 2009. Toni’s theory regarding attitudes about the subject of wine is, have fun and drink what you like. There are no rights or wrongs when it comes to what you do or don’t know, it only matters what you like! But mostly …..have fun! My partner and I provide fun and interactive wine classes and seminars that come to you and your business.
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262-527-6306
www.wineproevents.com |
| Vineyartd Consultants% William Tobin
| | 18 year wine educator.
Class's held 5 times year, evenings
Contact Waukesha County technical College %
Hospitality Dept #262-691-5254
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