George Foote, Ste.Michelle Wine Estates
Mr. Foote has been involved with the wine industry since 1977, with a start-up in retail at The Liquor Shoppe LTD, Dennis, MA. From there he moved to the distribution venue working as a wine manager, on-premise manager and sales manager, with companies in the New England markets.
In 1983 Mr. Foote graduated to a 20 year supplier career with Heublein/Diageo, spending 10 years managing distributors and sales territories and 10 years in Wine Education program development.
In 2004 Mr. Foote was hired as National Wine Educator for Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the largest vineyard owner and producer of Washington and Northwest wines. His responsibility as Wine Educator is to develop and present the Ste. Michelle Wine Estates and Washington story to a network of distributor sales organizations, trade partners, consumers and company sales employees in key markets. The newest phase of this program involves wine component seminars which allow the participants a back-stage-pass to winemaker decisions on blending specific barrel samples. This appellation driven education program relies on wine component seminars to advance information and understanding about vineyard locations, grape varieties and winemaking techniques.
In 2006 Ste. Michelle Wine Estates was appointed importer for the Marchesi Antinori portfolio in the United States. Wine Education has taken a lead role in advancing understanding of the complexity of this Italian and Chilean group of wines. Given the history, array of grape varieties and cultural diversity of Italian wine, the Antinori portfolio represents the pinnacle of premium wine in Europe.
Mr. Foote is a graduate of Suffolk University in Boston with a major in Journalism. He is a Master Knight in the Brotherhood of the Knights of the Vine, a Continuing Education member of CIA, Society of Wine Educators and American Wine Society. Mr. Foote resides in Severna Park, MD with his wife of 18 years and is an avid golfer when time allows.
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