Sales Consultant Fine Dining

JAMES FAHEY 415-***-**** *****@*********.***

JAMES FAHEY CONSULTING, San Francisco, CA

**** – Present Wine Buyer/Sales Consultant/Sommelier

• Yearly travel to world's top wine regions for over 15 years including France, Italy and California to taste wine:

o 2008-2024 Travel:

Napa (deep focus), Sonoma, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Oregon, Washington

Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhone, Provence, Champagne

Tuscany and Bolgheri, Italy

Germany, Hungary, Croatia, Spain

• Advising customers about enjoying wine:

o 8 years sommelier fine dining (wine lists of over 600 wines).

o 10 years retail wine consulting (over 5,000 wines, 450 beers and 550 liquor brands).

• Performing purchasing, pricing, and inventory.

• Tasting 150 wines per week.

• Advised over 48,000 followers on Twitter regarding traveling in the top wine regions in the world:

o Created wine travel blog to support Twitter following.

o Top 25 in San Francisco by number of Twitter followers.

• Lived and worked in Europe (France) for over two and a half years.

• Strong business experience with consumer products managing teams and product lines:

o Managed over $700 million dollar product line for consumer electronic company.

o Patent, VC, and startup experience.

Education/Certifications

University of California, Berkeley, B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, California, B.A. Liberal Arts, Philosophy French: D.E.L.F. premier degré, A1-A4, Le Diplôme de Français des Affaires premier degré, C.C.I.P CAS (Certified Advanced Sommelier) US Sommelier Association

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