FRED DEXHEIMER
Wine Seminar:
The Art of Blind Tasting
Price: $30.00
Hosted by Master Sommelier Fred Dex
Location: Atrium Room
The Grand Summit Hotel
Master Sommelier Fred Dexheimer is an award winning sommelier and mixologist. He has spent the last ten years of his career in NYC first working as a bartender, cellar rat, sommelier and wine and beverage director with such esteemed restaurant establishments as BLT Restaurant Group, Restaurant Daniel, Gramercy Tavern and the Jean Georges Group. In 2004 he joined highly esteemed chef Laurent Tourondel to become the opening sommelier and beverage director for BLT Steak to rave reviews. When BLT Steak expanded their culinary wings and opened BLT Fish in 2005 Fred took over the full responsibilities of wine and beverage director for the newly formed BLT Restaurant Group. While with BLT Fred created and managed their national wine and beverage programs eventually opening and overseeing more than a dozen restaurants with locations in NYC, LA, DC, Miami, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Scottsdale and Puerto Rico all to wide international acclaim.
Over his career Fred has been awarded a number of accolades including awards from Wines and Spirits, Starwine, and Star Chefs. In 2007 Fred passed the rigorous Court of Master Sommeliers Master Level Exam becoming the 79th Master Sommelier in the United States. This achievement is the top accreditation in the wine and service industry. In addition, Fred has competed in many sommelier competitions including the "Best Sommelier in World Competition" as the representative from the United States in 2007 in Rhodes, Greece.
He has offered his expertise and experience to many of the world's leading wine publications as a taster, commentator, contributor and panelist. His credits include The New York Times, Food and Wine, Wine and Spirits, Wine Spectator, Beverage Media, Food Arts, Sommelier Journal and Wine Enthusiast. He has also been featured in many of the world's leading lifestyle publications including Time Magazine, Men's Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Newsweek and People Magazine and has been featured live on Martha Stewart Radio and MSNBC.
Additionally, Fred is an accomplished mixologist and cocktail enthusiast. He has had several of his cocktail creations published in The New York Times, Food and Wine, Bon Appetit, Cosmopolitan and Bill Hamilton's Shaken and Stirred.
Fred is the founder of Juiceman Consulting, a restaurant, wine, spirits, and cocktail consulting agency. He resides in Brooklyn, NY.
