Courtney Cochran - Your Personal Sommelier

YOUR PERSONAL SOMMELIER’S Courtney Cochran provides personalized wine services to adventurous wine collectors, purveyors and enthusiasts. In addition to tastings featured here, Courtney combines forces with a Cordon Bleu trained personal chef to host wine and food dinners in private homes.

Courtney is available to facilitate tastings for private and corporate groups. Tasting topics include:
Cabernet Sauvignon: The Power Wine
Pinot or Bust!
The Misfits: Port, Sherry and Madeira
Getting to Know Merlot…All Over Again
Think Pink: The Softer Side of Wine
Blind Tasting Boot Camp
Varietal 411: The Basics
Haute Stuff: Champagne & Sparklers
The White Stuff: An All-White Wine Tasting
Wild Card: Have Courtney design a tasting that fits your special needs

Detailed tasting menus are available upon request. Please contact us for more information.

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Courtney is available to speak on a variety of topics at private and corporate events. Topics include:
Wine 101: Getting the Basics Down
Wine and Food Pairing
Throwing the Perfect Dinner Party with Wine
Building a Collection: Cardinal Rules & How-Tos
Burgundy and Bordeaux: The Big Guns Face Off
How to Spice Up Your Restaurant's Wine Program
The New Power Players: Women and Wine
Wine for the Next Generation: Marketing to the Millenials

Detailed outlines are available upon request. Please contact us for more information and a quotation.

Courtney offers half-day and day-long wine workshops that cover the following topics:
Beginning Wine Basics
Blind Tasting Technique
Buying & Serving
Food Pairing
Ordering & Dining Etiquette
Cellaring
The workshops are designed to teach your corporate or private group the essentials they need to begin to better understand and appreciate wine in their everyday lives and business engagements. Workshops are offered periodically in Southern and Northern California, and private workshops can be arranged for groups upon request.

Workshop programs are available upon request. Please contact us for more information and a quotation.

Are you a restaurant representative looking to liven up your existing wine list or to introduce a wine program for the first time? Courtney can design wine programs around the following parameters:
Grape Variety
Weight (e.g. light-bodied to full-bodied)
Food Pairing (e.g. starter wines, dessert wines)
Price
Geographic Region
Producer
Other: special requests welcome

Contact us for more information and to set up a free consultation.

Courtney is a freelance wine writer who is currently writing a book about wine tasting for savvy wine enthusiasts. The book, titled "Hip Tastes: The Fresh Guide to Wine," will be out in October 2007 with Viking Studio, part of Penguin Group (USA). A number of her writing samples can be found on this site in the "On Wine" section.

Please contact us for more information and a press kit.




		YOUR PERSONAL SOMMELIER’S Courtney Cochran provides personalized wine services to adventurous wine collectors, purveyors and enthusiasts. In addition to tastings featured here, Courtney combines forces with a Cordon Bleu trained personal chef to host wine and food dinners in private homes. Courtney is available to facilitate tastings for private and corporate groups. Tasting topics include: Cabernet Sauvignon: The Power Wine Pinot or Bust! The Misfits: Port, Sherry and Madeira Getting to Know Merlot…All Over Again Think Pink: The Softer Side of Wine Blind Tasting Boot Camp Varietal 411: The Basics Haute Stuff: Champagne & Sparklers The White Stuff: An All-White Wine Tasting Wild Card: Have Courtney design a tasting that fits your special needs Detailed tasting menus are available upon request. Please contact us for more information. download Courtney is available to speak on a variety of topics at private and corporate events. Topics include: Wine 101: Getting the Basics Down Wine and Food Pairing Throwing the Perfect Dinner Party with Wine Building a Collection: Cardinal Rules & How-Tos Burgundy and Bordeaux: The Big Guns Face Off How to Spice Up Your Restaurant's Wine Program The New Power Players: Women and Wine Wine for the Next Generation: Marketing to the Millenials Detailed outlines are available upon request. Please contact us for more information and a quotation. Courtney offers half-day and day-long wine workshops that cover the following topics: Beginning Wine Basics Blind Tasting Technique Buying & Serving Food Pairing Ordering & Dining Etiquette Cellaring The workshops are designed to teach your corporate or private group the essentials they need to begin to better understand and appreciate wine in their everyday lives and business engagements. Workshops are offered periodically in Southern and Northern California, and private workshops can be arranged for groups upon request. Workshop programs are available upon request. Please contact us for more information and a quotation. Are you a restaurant representative looking to liven up your existing wine list or to introduce a wine program for the first time? Courtney can design wine programs around the following parameters: Grape Variety Weight (e.g. light-bodied to full-bodied) Food Pairing (e.g. starter wines, dessert wines) Price Geographic Region Producer Other: special requests welcome Contact us for more information and to set up a free consultation. Courtney is a freelance wine writer who is currently writing a book about wine tasting for savvy wine enthusiasts. The book, titled "Hip Tastes: The Fresh Guide to Wine," will be out in October 2007 with Viking Studio, part of Penguin Group (USA). A number of her writing samples can be found on this site in the "On Wine" section. Please contact us for more information and a press kit.
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