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Gender	Male
Industry	Education
Occupation	Wine Master / Professor at Napa Valley College
Location	Napa Valley, California, United States
Introduction	An accomplished wine master with over 35 years in the field of wine and its appreciation, with ample knowledge about Old and New World wines and long experience as a consultant and wine educator, he specializes in sale strategies to be effectively implemented in distribution and the hospitality industry. Certified Sommelier by the Court of Master Sommeliers, he had educated, trained and motivated a great number of people: university students, sales and service groups, managers, sommeliers and various audiences in countries like Colombia, Argentina, Chile, France, and the United States. Honorary member of the Commanderie de Bordeaux and the Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin in Burgundy, France. He recently became a Wine Location Specialist (WLS), through a Certificate Program sponsored by Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC) and the Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto (IVDP). As a Wine Location Specialist (WLS) he's been accredited by the CIVC and the IVDP and certified to lead wine education seminars, tastings and dinners specific to Champagne and Port, among others. As a qualified wine taster he generates his own ratings under international parameters.
Interests	I have a strong interest in the expansion of the wine culture through teaching, It is my wish to make the studying of wines an easy enjoyable task.