Meet Our Sommeliers

Marc holds certifications from the Court of Master Sommeliers and the Society of Wine Educators. He is the only American to have served as an international wine judge at La Trophèe Internationale wine competition in Lyon France. Combining a flair for performance with his wine industry experience, Marc was a finalist on the PBS reality TV series The Winemakers Season 2 and a producer on the reality TV series Best Bottle. As Director of Corporate Beverage Operations for a large national restaurant chain and Director of Catering for Hilton Hotels Marc trained over 5,000 restaurant servers in extended knowledge of wine and service. Marc became interested in wine during his college days when he spent a year studying at the University of Bordeaux. Upon his return to the USA, he began restaurant and hotel industry work including over 15 years as a sommelier and beverage director. Then moving to the wine and spirits distribution industry his career included management positions with national import and distribution companies and National Sales Manager for a Napa Valley family estate winery. Marc was General Manager of Stone Creek Wines which also became the largest private label wine producer in California. In addition to his sommelier activities Marc is an industry consultant working with a large winery in Italy supplying bulk wine for private labels to hotels, restaurants and wine clubs as well as consulting for a French wine packaging company. Marc is based in San Francisco and travels each year to taste the new vintage wines in Italy and Southern France.