The Road to Wine: Recent Episodes
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Conversations with those professionals and wine enthusiasts on their road to wine. Educational episodes with in depth information about regions or varietals. From Sommeliers to winemakers and industry professionals we venture into what it takes the road to wine. The business of wine along with wine as a career and much more! Are you ready to take the road to wine?
The Road to Wine- My own road to wine
I am a Court of Masters Sommelier and a WSET Certified Specialist. I recently received my Spanish Wine Scholar Guild Diploma with Honors. With over 15 years of experience in the wine industry, I am also the proprietor of Luisa's Cellar wine bar in beautiful Downtown Sanford in which I proudly curates the extensive wine selection. I also co-owned with my husband Vineyards of the World in Clermont, Florida which was in business for 5 years until it moved location to Sanford.
I also serve as a wine consultant to small wine bars and restaurants and hosts weekly webinars and wine tastings for wine aficionados.
I was born and raised in Puerto Rico, and attended Journalism School at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazon achieving a Bachelors Degree in Art. I then moved to Miami where I was accepted at Florida International University where I got to complete my Masters Degree in Journalism and Public Relations. I worked in several local magazines and newspapers before moving to Germany.
The so called wine bug got me after living in Germany and exploring Europe for several years. Nevertheless I continued with my formal education and got accepted in the University of Puerto Rico School of Law from which I completed successfully my Juris Doctor. I worked for the Miguez & Negretti LLC law firm specializing in civil litigation, bankruptcy and copyright.
With a passion and genuine love for wine I am eager to share it with everybody. Proud geek, a bit Doctor Who fan, super heroes and of course Hanson. Life is too short not to enjoy wine or to make it all snobbery. I believe in making wine easy, fun and educational for everyone with simple courses and training to make you the star of the party. Visit all social media outlets for review, videos, streams and webinars. Cheers!
About our Guest
Judith Smelser is a journalist by trade and an oenophile by passion. In addition to this blog, she also writes a regular wine column for Edible Orlando , and has a Level 2 certification from the Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET).
Away from wine, she runs Smelser Editing & Consulting, an Orlando-based organization providing journalism consulting, training, and editing to news organizations around the country. Before that, she also spent many years running newsrooms at Central Florida’s NPR station WMFE and at Colorado Public Radio in Denver.
This week we talk to Natasia Lynn and her road to wine as a young female sommelier transitioning from the restaurant floor to the distribution channel. Natasia is a Certified Sommelier and WSET Level 3 with Merit. She is currently a student of the Italian Wine Scholar. We talk a little about everything! From her formal wine education career to the value of mentorship and the road to follow to become a sommelier.
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To learn more about the Court of Masters Sommelier Programs visit: https://www.mastersommeliers.org/
To learn more about the Wine & Spirits Education Trust visit: https://www.wsetglobal.com/
Welcome to our first Podcast! We hope you can join us into this Road to Wine while we talk to others that have followed the lead in hopes they will inspire you or you can get more information in which road to follow. Each week we will talk all things leading to the road to wine: from varietals, the business of wine, interviews with personalities to what is currently trending in the wine news. This is your host, Mary, a WSET Certified wine lover, entrepreneur, wine bar owner and all things in between.
We start off the right way with Alessandra Esteves. She is the co-founder and Director of Wine Education for the Florida Wine Academy. She is a WSET Certified Educator and holds the WSET Level 4 (Diploma) in Wines & Spirits. She also has the French Wine Scholar and a Champagne Master Level by the Wine Scholar Guild, the Master of Rioja DOCa certification, Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) and the WSET Level 1 in Sake. She is currently a candidate for the Masters of Wine certification.
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Cheers!