Inspired Scholar of Food & Wine

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Culinary Institute of America － St. Helena, California
Accelerated Wine & Beverage Program. 2013
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Since AWBP was created, 82 students have graduated. Many of them are now working as sommeliers in high-end restaurants such as Eleven Madison Park and Per Se in New York City; Gary Danko and Hakkasan in San Francisco, CA; and Meadowood Napa Valley in St. Helena, CA. Some are running wine programs at places like Dry Creek Kitchen in Healdsburg, CA; and Sons & Daughters and Nopa in San Francisco, CA. Others hold high positions in Napa Valley wineries, are front-of-the-house managers in restaurants, and at least one is pursuing a career in wine writing.
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The Accelerated Wine and Beverage Program is held at the CIA's Greystone campus in St. Helena, CA, in the heart of the Napa Valley wine country. Over the course of the eight-month program, students taste more than 1,000 wines in class, take dozens of field trips, and learn from the CIA's expert wine faculty as well as more than 50 guest speakers. Classes focus on wines of the world, sensory analysis, the professional business of wine, spirits, and mixology.

professors: Karen McNeil, Robert Bath (MS) and Christie Dufault (ADV). 

Additional Education and Certifications:
Certified Sommelier, Court of Master Sommliers, Americas 
Certified Wine Professional, Culinary Institute of America
Certified Manager, Servsafe Food Handler
Certified Training Manager, Training Intervention Procedures

photo: Culinary Institute of America, Greystone Napa CA- Rudd Center for Professional Wine Studies