Professional Drinking

How To Drink At Work

Not confident dining and drinking in business situations?

You’re Not Alone. And Jim is Here to Help!

As a Certified Sommelier, with Advanced Certification from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust Jim is a business person with 30 years of professional drinking experience helping professionals navigate wine and spirits, while keeping it fun! Your answer is sure to be found in Jim’s blog.

What Should You Do With Your Extra Corks?

What Should You Do With Your Extra Corks?

Malcolm Forbes once called a matchbook collection a lazy man’s journal.  I like to think of my cork collection as something similar.  I usually grab the corks when I had a good bottle and can remember excellent meals and wonderful bottles of wine with...

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Low Risk Wine Ordering Strategies

Low Risk Wine Ordering Strategies

It can be imposing to be handed the wine list at some restaurants and if no one is ordering a cocktail, which would give you some time to figure out what to order, you have to move quick.  When you are pressed for time and really can’t study the list, you need...

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Gifting Wine Accessories

Gifting Wine Accessories

One of the easy things to give is the gift of spirits.  This is especially true if you grab a bottle of something that you know hits the profile of your friend or even better is a special bottle, they might not have purchased for themselves.  Personally, I...

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