Keep up to date with people in the Seattle wine trade.  Below is a list of some recent moves in the industry.

Q4 2007

Tom DiNardo - Congratulations to WineSquire Contributor Tom DiNardo who completed the International Sommelier Guild’s grueling eighteen month long Sommelier Diploma Program and is the first US auctioneer to become a credentialed sommelier.

 

Ken Avedisian recently joined Cordon Selections, Inc. as its President. He joins industry veteran Matt Mabus. Ken and Matt are the company’s sole shareholders and members of its Board of Directors. Cordon Selections, Inc. is known for its outstanding selection of wines with distinction and character. Ken has been involved in the food and wine industry for many years. Most recently as vice-president of the internet fine and rare wine auction house: WineBid.com. Ken is also very active on the board of directors of The American Institute of Wine & Food, a not for profit educational institute founded by industry legends Robert Mondavi, and the late Julia Child and Richard Graff. The AIWF has chapters around the country providing educational events and scholarships. He is also on the executive committee of A Culinary Evening With The California Winemasters. The event held each May at Paramount Studios in LA, benefiting cystic fibrosis research, raising in excess of $1,400,000 in net results..

 

 

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