Wednesday, July 4 2007
Getting to Know Tim
Tim Vandergrift is Winexpert's Technical Services Manager. The title sort of makes him sound like a computer guy, but he's actually responsible for knowing about consumer-produced wine, and explaining it. He teaches wine appreciation and winemaking, is a regular columnist for Winemaker Magazine, Publican Magazine, and publishes in other wine and beer related journals, including the Oxford Companion to Wine.
His background is in the food and beverage industry, as a chef-de-partie in a French brigade kitchen, a Wine Steward, a menu design consultant, and a resort manager. He began making his own beer and wine at the age of 15, when he discovered a homebrew shop in his hometown that would sell to minors. His wines have won gold, silver, and bronze medals in world amateur winemaking competitions, and he was Winemaker Magazine's Winemaker of the year in 2003.
He collects, appreciates, obsesses over, makes, and above all, drinks wine.
In between, he enjoys beer.
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