Bangkok City, Thailand
Wine Professional * U.C. Davis Enology & Viticulture M.S. 1975; * winemaker/vineyard management Napa Valley, entrepreneur 1975-1990; * entrepreneur, wine negociant, marketing, sales, journalist 1990-2004; * negociant, importer, flying winemaker 2005-2009; * entrepreneur, negociant, wine importer & marketer to Asia market 2009-2017 * entrepreneur, import and export of wine and food accessories to Southeast Asia markets 2017 to present Specialties: Establish and develop niche, small business enterprises in developing wine markets
Website based company selling wine and wine accessories started from scratch in 1997 as Artisans on Web. Operating generally since 2004 under the company name of Artisan Wines & Accessories.
Began as Artisan Wine Company in 1984, a 3 tier wine company - producer, negociant, importer under the brands Michael's, UltraVino, Cruvinet and Cru Artisan. In 1989 became Global Wine Company dba Artisan Wines operating as negociant & exporter under the brands Harvest and CruVinet. Company became a wine wholesaler in Northern California 2001 - 2004 for Tricana Import brands. Beginning in 2005 focused on sourcing wines from Argentina for import into US, Canada and other markets, forming partnership of B&F Wine Negociants at Buenos Aires. Since mid-2009 entered Asian wine market, establishing an international wine sourcing and import entry platform for wines from Argentina, Italy, France, United States. Currently with offices at San Francisco, California and Bangkok, Thailand.
ARTISAN Food and Drink Accessories is the new Wine, Thai Coffee and Food Accessories home for Thailand and Southeast Asia, created in 2017 with the mission of supporting the new wine and food culture growing in Thailand, by providing the quality tools and educating and engaging people, to create a new purchase experience with quality wine and food accessories for individuals and for the trade.
Global Wine East Asia Co. solely owned since July 2010. International wine sourcing and mporter for distribution to Southeast Asia of selected, high quality wines from Argentina, France, Italy, Spain, United States.
Director importer, distributor and brand development of the Gattorna luxury wine accessory brand in the US market. Year on year growth with wide distribution in major wine accessory markets, catalogues and table top retail. Sales peaked by end of 2008 with $500,000 in wholesale sales.