Guest Sommelier: First Time Selling Wine 2

Guest Sommelier: First Time Selling Wine
When you get to the point as a wine lover that you know a little more than the average wine drinker, you get used to being asked to make wine recommendations. Your friends tend to hand you the wine list in restaurants or they call to ask what they should buy to drink for a ...

Alana’s Offers Unique Italian Wine

Alana's Offers Unique Italian Wine
As I noted in my very first post to this blog, one potential direction for my budding wine career is to develop an import portfolio featuring wines that one does not often see in the United States. The world of wine is wide and varied, and I am excited by opportunities to broaden the experience ...

Great Italian Wine Available at Local Columbus Eatery 3

Great Italian Wine Available at Local Columbus Eatery
Often when I serve wine to friends, they ask where they might be able to buy it.  Much of the wine I serve at home has been purchased direct from the winery or elsewhere and shipped or was purchased locally but in previous vintages and aged in my cellar. Most times, the wines I serve are not ...