Wineappreciation101

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Gender	Female
Location	San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Introduction	Monica Chappell has been in wine professionally for over 20 years. She started her career on the supply side of the business by running the marketing department of her family’s winery, Stony Ridge in the Livermore Valley. She then set out to learn more about the retail side by accepting a position with a national specialty chain, Cost Plus World Markets. As wine buyer, Monica’s duties included wine selection and national programming for the then 100 store chain. After 5 years of corporate life she was looking once again for a project with a more entrepreneurial feel. Eager to join the excitement of the Internet, Monica signed on with the first and largest internet wine retailer, Wine.com as Wine Merchant. Buying wines and managing the 5 wine clubs was as fun as it sounds. Monica has since traded her wine bottles for baby bottles. Currently Monica writes a monthly wine column for the Lafayette Today and Alamo Today Newspapers and is a regular contributor to Walnut Creek Magazine. She offers wine appreciation classes in Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek and Lafayette.