19 Aug

Lorenzo Bakewell-Stone

Lorenzo Bakewell-StoneThis week’s Thursday Thirsty Guy is Lorenzo Bakewell-Stone, the leader of tonight #TGTaste and ambassador for Croft Pink.

Lorenzo was born in London, England in 1982 to American parents who had moved previously to the UK. Educated in England until the age of 18, Lorenzo moved to New York where he received his BA with honours, in History and Philosophy from Columbia, graduating in the class of 2006.

After spending 2006-2007 studying Portuguese history on a Fulbright scholarship in Lisbon, Portugal, he moved to Porto to work for The Fladgate Partnership in November 2007. From the time of joining to December 2010, he coordinated Fladgate Partnership building projects. He was project manager for The Yeatman, Fladgate’s 34 million euro luxury hotel, which opened in September of 2010.

Lorenzo has now moved into the marketing department and is traveling globally as a sales manager for the The Fladgate Partnership portos and Global Brand Ambassador for Croft Pink.

Join us tonight for our #TGTaste with Lorenzo and Head Thirsty Girl Leslie Sbrocco. For more information about tonight’s #TGTaste Twitter Tasting and how you can participate, click HERE.
You can follow Croft Pink on Twitter at @CroftPink

And on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/croftpink

14 May

Douglas Trapasso

Douglas TrapassoDouglas Trapasso is the author of Chicago Pinot 2.0, a blog which chronicles the wine events he attends in Chicago and the people he meets along the way who are involved in the story of wine.

“It’s true, I want to find a position in the ‘wine business’ someday. And starting a blog is a great way to start networking. But I’m reluctant to use the phrase ‘wine business’; wine is always telling a story. And I like to seek out anyone who is a character in that story. I learn something new with every story I write, each interview I conduct.

It’s been a honor to interview such noted sommeliers as Emily Wines and Andrea Robinson. I am hoping to meet more sommeliers, as well as professionals in the marketing and production areas of the story of wine. If you have a Chicago connection, that’s even better!”

Douglas is excited about the growth of Thirsty Girl and other wine clubs similar to it. “I’m studying for my wine credential (WSET), and that class is very analytical and academic. And that’s fine, up to a point. But wine is meant to be shared with friends and savored with food, and discussed and debated without any fear of sounding foolish or politically incorrect.”

Please visit Douglas’ blog at http://chicagopinot.wordpress.com/ and his YouTube page is www.youtube.com/chicagopinot. You can also visit him on Twitter @demilove – http://twitter.com/demilove.