Olé Thompson is the Wine Director at the Wild Ginger Restaurant and The Triple Door Theater and Musicquarium in downtown Seattle. He is also a consultant for VineTales fine wine club.

The Triple Door Musicquarium is a dinner theater that is one of the best live music venues in America, with nightly live music, and an exceptional food menu and wine list. The Wild Ginger Restaurant, a landmark on the Seattle restaurant scene, was recently given the “Best of Award of Excellence” by the Wine Spectator for their extensive and excellent wine list. Olé is currently working towards his Master Sommelier Diploma and has tasted well over 100,000 wines in his many years in the wine business.

Olé got his start at the Ballard Market 1986 as a part time college job. He slowly gravitated more and more to the wine department while he was there, finding it the most interesting part of the store. In 1990 Olé became assistant to Jeff Skinner the then manager of the wine and beer department. He took over as manager of the wine department in 1997. In addition to his great wine and food matching knowledge acquired by many years of tasting, Olé was also the keeper of the cigar humidor and a huge selection of craft ales from every part of the world. Olé's interest in fine cigars was sparked when he met his "Cuban Connection," his beautiful Cuban wife Rebeca.