Taylor Eason
Taylor is an Atlanta native and self-proclaimed Southern foodie. She earned her undergraduate degree in English/French Literature from Colgate University, whose proximity to New York wineries lured her into a fascination with the grape. She was hooked. After graduating, she enrolled at Ecôle Hotelière de Genève in Switzerland, a culinary management program that encouraged European wine country exploration. The addiction grew to include Italian, German and French vinos/wein/vin.
After completing her studies in Europe, Taylor moved to Tampa, Florida to manage at Bern’s Steakhouse, famous for having the most extensive wine list in the world. After two years, she was lured away to the corporate world, designing and managing food and wine websites. Then, in August 2001, noticing a lack of spunky wine education for non wine snobs, she launched a weekly column, Corkscrew, that has now been printed in six countries around the world. Those vinous musings are found throughout these webpages.
Taylor still regularly treks the world stoking her love of wine, summing up her rather strong opinions every day on her website, tayloreason.com. She lives in Tampa with her husband, Scott, and their coveted wine collection.
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Raymond Hook
2010 Cheeseworks –Sales Manager- East
- Handled premier and large accounts including Dean & Deluca, Murray’s, Zingerman’s and other high volume customers.
- Was on the 3 person committee that approved all new products
- Coordinated our marketing efforts and lead our Marketing Manager
2005 Cheeseworks- Sales- West
- In charge of the largest accounts on West Coast
- Supplier relations
- Source products
2002 Consultant – Worked with retailers, producers and distributors
1999 Star Provisions – GM for Specialty foods market in Atlanta, Georgia
Consultant for Premium Port Works – 2 ½ year marketing program than exceeded company goals for sales by 30%
Consultant for Sweet Grass Dairy- help develop products, market them and sales training
Marketing Committee for American Cheese Society- help develop marketing initiatives for the ACS
Wine Market Assistant- Partner- develop cheese pairing for a vast wine data base
Media: Saveur Magazine, Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast, Cooking Light, Food Arts, Creative Loafing, SF Chronicle, Judge at CA State Fair
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Robb Larsen
Robb Larson loves beer, especially craft beer, and is always in search of the elusive perfect pint. Expanding and refining his palate for nearly two decades now, he has been a beer aficionado and “Beer Dude” since the days of flannel and Nirvana. He enjoys talking and writing about beer, and of course drinking it as well.
When he’s not holding down a barstool at one of the Tampa Bay beer bars boring the locals, Robb likes to brew his own craft beer. Iironically, Robb also works hard as a Personal Trainer, helping and encouraging clients to reduce their beer belly. He lives in Clearwater, Florida with his sweetheart Lisa, their many cats, and his many homebrews.
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