CONSULTANCY SERVICES

Consulting has been a pillar of our business with contracts assisting airlines, governments, 5-star hotel groups, and we’ve started over a dozen wineries.

Our specialization is working as a Consultant Wine Buyer & starting wineries from scratch. Please contact us to discuss your project.

VINEYARD ACQUISITIONS

WINERY CONSULTING

WINE SELECTION

CORPORATE TRAINING & GUEST SPEAKING

VINEYARD ACQUISITIONS

We assist clients looking to purchase vineyards in The Napa Valley and The Okanagan Valley.

Realtors typically don’t have the skills to evaluate vineyards. Using our relationships we can find excellent vineyards that are not offcially for sale, evaluate them and negotiate a sale.

SUNDIAL VINEYARD – OKANAGAN, CANADA

WINERY CONSULTING

We’ve started 12 wineries and labels from scratch since 2004 and performed a variety of work for some of the world’s leading estates.

We have a full-service team of viticulturalists, winemakers, architects, brand-builders, financial experts and distribution specialists.

TREFETHEN FAMILY VINEYARDS

Our first client was Trefethen Family Vineyards, a highly-rated estate in Napa Valley.

TANTALUS VINEYARDS

We wrote the business plan for Tantalus Vineyards, now considered the best Riesling producer in B.C. and regularly winning Gold medals and receiving 90+ point scores.

MEYER FAMILY VINEYARDS

We started Meyer Family Vineyards from scratch, now one of B.C.’s most prestigious wineries, winning Best Chardonnay in Canada twice.

POPLAR GROVE WINERY

We worked with Tony Holler to help acquire Poplar Grove winery and then wrote the business plan. Today this is one of the most successful wineries in the Okanagan Valley.

CHATEAU MONTELENA

We’ve consulted to some of the most famous and successful wineries in Napa Valley, like Chateau Montelena. This work typically focuses on PR, benchmark tasting and strategic planning.

SEA TO SKY WINERY

Wineries and labels we’ve started or worked at.

ONE FAITH VINEYARDS

Wineries and labels we’ve started or worked at.

Wineries and labels we’ve started or worked at.

WINE SELECTION

Our favorite Consulting work is acting as a Consultant Wine Buyer for major organizations, such as airlines, luxury hotel groups, and restaurant chains.

QATAR AIRWAYS

For 12 years I was the Wine Consultant to Qatar Airways, ranked the World’s Best Airline in 2017. Over the years my wine selections won “Best Airline Wine List” from Global Traveller and dozens of Gold medals and 1st Place awards at the “Cellars in the Sky” competition.

FAIRMONT CHATEAU WHISTLER

For several years I personally designed the wine program and selected the wines for all six Fairmont properties in B.C.

JW MARRIOTT - PHUKET, THAILAND

Our home in Asia, the incredible JW Marriott Phuket, one of the leading resorts in the world. It was a pleasure to select their wines and have them win several Wine Spectator awards for their wine lists.

EXTREME ALTITUDE TASTING

We tested the effects of altitude on the taste of wine, climbing Kilimanjaro and Mt Everest Base Camp.

CORPORATE TRAINING AND GUEST SPEAKING

We work with governments, major retailers and airlines to train thousands of employees. 

For several years we worked with 2 Canadian governments training over 3,000 retail store staff. Our team also trained over 9,000 cabin crew for Qatar Airways.

CRYSTAL CRUISES