WINE MINX
Annie Edgerton has spent over twenty years in the wine business, performing wine appraisals for hundreds of clients, assisting with wine auctions, working in retail, educating groups large and small, wine writing, and finally, combining her effervescent nature as a performer with her wine expertise as a host of various wine programs online and on television.
She is available to teach private wine classes for groups of 2-200+ (even on zoom!) Please contact her for more information HERE.
Annie is also hard at work on her first wine book, an intro-to-wine guide that turns the category on its head!
Annie has been accepted to the rigorous and prestigious Institute of Masters of Wine program this year - look for updates on her blog HERE.
Please follow Annie on Facebook and on Instagram for tips, tricks, wine reviews and more!
Her CV and wine class reviews are below.
BIO:
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WINE INDUSTRY WORK EXPERIENCE:
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Wine & Spirits Appraiser, Edgerton Wine Appraisals, 1995-Present
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Freelance Wine & Spirits Writer, 1997-Present
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Host: "Broadway Buzzed," "Wine Minx: UNCORKED!" and "Day Drinking with the Wine Minx," 2016-Present
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Wine Educator, Private/Corporate/Industry Seminars, 2002-Present
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Sales Associate, Tribeca Wine Merchants, 2005-2006
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Wine Appraiser, Phillips Auctions & Appraisals, 1997
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Auction Assistant, Morell & Co Fine Wine Auctions, 1994-1996
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS:
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WSET Diploma in Wines & Spirits, Wine & Spirit Education Trust, 2019
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Certified Specialist of Spirits, Society of Wine Educators, 2019
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Certified Sommelier, Court of Master Sommeliers, 2014
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Certified Specialist of Wine, Society of Wine Educators, 2011
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Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) Compliant through January 2021
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Also: Certified Sherry Wine Specialist, Wines of Portugal Academia do Vinho Level 3 Advanced, Tuscan Wine Masters Academy Certificate, Napa Valley Rocks Certificate
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Dartmouth College, B.A English Literature and Creative Writing
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Current applicant to the Institute of Masters of Wine
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Current Candidate for Certified Membership, Appraisers Association of America
MEMBERSHIPS:
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Society of Wine Educators, 2010-Present
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Guild of Sommeliers, 2014-Present
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Wine Scholar Guild, 2017-Present
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Wine Century Club, Distinguished Member, 2018-Present
ORIGINAL SEMINARS:
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Heat, Floods, Fakes... and Skunks: The Art of the Wine Appraisal (and Beyond) with father and wine appraisal business partner William H. Edgerton, Society of Wine Educators, 2019
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Outlier States: Wine Gems from the REST of the Country, featuring quality wines from Maine, Indiana, Arizona, New Jersey, and Missouri, Society of Wine Educators, 2018
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Let’s Talk Turkey showcasing 13 different Turkish wines, Society of Wine Educators, 2015
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Upcoming: Not Your Momma's White Zin and Passing Provence -- the Best and the REST of Rosé, delving into an array of weird and wonderful "other" rosé wines, Society of Wine Educators (online) 2020
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