I would like to let you all know that our own Chris has recently taken the distinguished job of Beverage Director at Aqua in San Francisco.  I have known and worked with Chris for close to five years now…and Chris you have come a long way baby!  Chris’ passion
for
wine and
food is contagiousChris’ passion for wine and food is contagious and enviable to a lot of people in the food and wine business and outside of it.  He thrives on working in the “trenches”.  Chris dispenses with a lot of the pomp and circumstance of being a sommelier and can make almost anyone feel comfortable with wine.  I think Chris’ motto for life is to get down and dirty and “Drink some serious wine and eat rich food”. Oh yes that is a direct quote from Chris.  I lived it first hand this past spring traveling with Chris and three other sommeliers to Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne.  Two weeks of duck confit, pate and all the Burgundy, white and red, we could get our hands on!  I tried to keep up with him, but I am not as young as I used to be.