Experience

Classic Wines, Inc.

• United States
• Wine & Spirits
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO

  • Jul 2001 - Present

  Chief Executive Officer for all business operations. Chief Executive Officer for all business operations.



Pace University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Pace University - International World Institute

  • 1998 - 2001

  I was an instructor on diversified classes on international trade including teaching one of of the first Internet-base courses to a group of students in Brazil. Taught regulatory issues for the import process, Global Sourcing, International Logistics, Theories of Trade and its macro environmental factors, and Currency and financing trade. And a focus on the total cost of global logistics. I was an instructor on diversified classes on international trade including teaching one of of the first Internet-base courses to a group of students in Brazil. Taught regulatory issues for the import process, Global Sourcing, International Logistics, Theories of Trade and its macro environmental factors, and Currency and financing trade. And a focus on the total cost of global logistics.



UPS

• US Customs Affairs

  • 1989 - 2001

  Director of US Customs Affairs in the Port of New York for United Parcel Service. Responsible for all regulatory affairs with all US regulatory agencies in the import process (US Customs, FDA, F&W, USDA, etc.) Director of US Customs Affairs in the Port of New York for United Parcel Service. Responsible for all regulatory affairs with all US regulatory agencies in the import process (US Customs, FDA, F&W, USDA, etc.)



Vintage Wines, inc.

• Owner

  • Mar 1982 - Jul 1988

  I founded this first company and therefore my introduction into the wine industry. I guess my destiny was always meant to end here career wise....As a young boy, I lived in a mountainside in the rural and ancient part of Spain called Galicia, in the northwestern part of the country outlined by the Atlantic. This was an earthy place, a mystical place where time has stood still...no electricity, no cars or roads, no modern conveniences...we lived off the earth as any village would back in the middle ages. Every Fall we used to go down the mountain to the vineyard with a black-stained cart pulled by two oxen. There, we harvested the ripe grapes, sweet as nectar and I know this because I used to eat as much as would fill my belly. We threw the grapes into the cart, and back up the mountain we would go. The wooden wheels would sing against the axles of the cart from the weight of the grapes. Back in the village, my brother and I would squash all the grapes barefooted, you know like that old "I Love Lucy" show. This is the way it was done going all the way back to Roman times....so you see, wine is in my blood! So now you know my personal story that got me to this business... For those of you that don't think yourselves to be connoisseurs, here are some very simple words of wisdom: Wine is nothing more or less than your life history. This mystical product has been with us since the beginning of our civilization and it's mystical because it's a living product; sensitive to heat and cold, waiting for us to absorb it and accompany us on this journey called life. And as complex as this may sound, just think of this; when you see it, smell it, taste it...it will remind you of something in your life, so describe it as you will and no one can ever say you are wrong because you are decribing your life story...so you are now a connoisseur! Show less