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Home > Design & Creative Services > Food & Drink > Beer, Wine and Spirits > Sonny Martin
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Sonny Martin
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Expert in:
Beer, Wine and Spirits
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Languages:
English
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Expert advice from a rare wine importer/wholesaler, fine wine retailer and winery founder who has tasted the major vintages of 1870, 74, 75, 1927, 29, 31, 45, 59, 61, 70 & up.
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$7.50 per minute
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Degrees
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Wine & Home Brew Judge
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My Expert Service
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If you want a question answered about wine or other fine beverages (beer & spirits) or are looking for someone to consult and/or educate your staff about your restaurant's wine list I am your guy.
After working as chef for 8 years and a casino bartender for 3 years I entered the wine trade by conducting home & office wine tastings 3-5 per day, 6 days per week. After a couple of years, (when that company went out of business) I was recommended as a private consultant to inherit a client list of over 1,100 private cellars from 500 to 7,000+ bottles with individual values exceeding $10 million.
Eight years later I opened a fine wine/beer and deli called Urban Gourmet which I successfully ran for almost 10 years.
During that time I also formed a partnership with a winemaker and friend to found Tesoro Wine Co. making Syrah and Viognier from the famed Fralich Vineyard in the Templeton Gap on the Central Coast of California.
I wrote a weekly wine column for more than 7 years, have done live call-in television as well as recorded TV shows, a radio show for more than 2 years and a long format, magazine article for the last year. I am also an oft requested live speaker due to my captivating, interactive style and my ability to speak for an hour or more with no advance warning of the request.
While I will pit my depth of knowledge against anyone, it is the style of presentation that has garnered the length of my educational career. I present in a manner that is both interesting to those that do not care about the subject and still hold the attention of even the most expert listener.
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Experience & Qualifications
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Tasted more than 100,000 wines with impeccable palate memory. Regularly identify variety, region, and vintage (often the winery too) of double blind, tasted wines. Published for more than 10 years.
I have made home brews of all styles except lager and made wine at home as well as in winery.
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Available Modes Of Communication
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email/chat
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Sonny Martin
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