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[zatara_eads]

@ engineer

My history is rather varied...I might as well go for the full shabang.

I used to work for a winery in Bordeaux run by Jean Louis Trocard. The Trocards make 14 different wines running from Cremant to Pomerol. Overall they produce about 30,000 cases a year through their own vineyards and some sourced ones (they also have a negociant business). I spent most of my time working at Franc la Rose, their St. Emilion GC. I actually met with some of the top brass at Spec's, a large retailer here in Texas, while working for the Trocards. I then went and worked with Spec's in Houston for a period of time focusing on basic retail and their corporate strategy. Apart from that I have some history of oenophiles within my family. My grandmother was one of the first women to import Bordeaux wine into America, and unless I'm mistaken the first woman to bring it into the state of Texas; but my accuracy on her being first may be family lore. My father is also an avid oenophile and collector, in addition to having his hand in numerous cookie jars throughout the wine industry.

As for myself personally, I have a penchant for old world reds (Merlot and Cab Franc in particular), Provence Rose, and Rhone Whites. Yeah that may make me a bit of a francophile... but I don't care