EDDIE OSTERLAND
"A lot of people drink wine, but relatively few have developed the skills that enable them to taste and evaluate the quality of what they drink." -Eddie Osterland, Your Personal Wine Coach.
- Currently there are 94 master Sommeliers in the United States. Eddie Osterland was the first of them...a pioneer!
- French Trained - graduated (in 1975) from the University of Bordeaux France with a degree of professional taster (D.U.A.D-Diplôme Universitaire D'Aptitude A la Dégustation Des Vins
- Master Sommelier, Guild of Sommeliers, London England
- Former head Sommelier Hôtel de la Poste, Beaune France
- Past Director of Trade Education for the International Wine Center in New York, where he traveled for 5 years to 25 cities each year presenting his unique multi-media style events on behalf of companies like American Express, National Restaurant Association, Heublein Inc, Foods & Wines From France and the Italian Trade Center
- Author of the unprecedented Wine & the Bottom Line written for the National Restaurant Association
- Former Wine Editor for Restaurant Business Magazine for more than a decade
- Chosen by Esquire Magazine to do their "Wine Advisor Video"
- Creator of "Discovering the Pleasures of Wine" audio series
- Member National Speakers Association (NSA) /li>
- Degree in Psychology
- Instrument-rated pilot
