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Laine Boswell, Wine Expert
Laine, born and raised in Seattle, Washington became fascinated by food, travel and all that surrounds it at a very young age. Whether it was grilling freshly caught trout over a campfire in Montana, sampling spicy noodles in a rural farm kitchen in central China or enjoying a meal of steak frites in a Paris bistro, Laine grew up appreciating local cuisine as an expression of culture and hospitality. A year spent abroad during college and another year teaching in France after graduation also introduced her to the complementary culture of wine.
She returned to the United States to learn as much as she could about the wine industry and began work as the marketing and public relations manager of small boutique winery in Washington state. Later, she joined a wine import and distribution company based in Seattle, where as a sales representative, she managed mainly restaurant accounts. She completed intensive sommelier training, and also offered consulting servies in developing wine lists and designing food and wine pairing menus.
In 2007, she was accepted into the O.I.V. (Organisation Internationale du Vin et de la Vigne) Master’s program in Wine Science and Management at the University of Paris X, and spent the next eighteen months traveling to more than twenty countries around the world, studying the production, marketing and distribution of wine.
Given that some of her favorite wines came from Italy, she chose to pursue an internship in Tuscany, where she immediately fell in love with the countryside, the people and their way of life.
She was fortunate enough to meet Food and travel afficianado Peggy Markel while in Florence, and was invited thereafter to participate as Peggy’s assistant in her most recent culinary adventure tour in Morocco. The experience was so enriching and the potential of working together in the future so great, that many plans have been in the works ever since with the end goal being to continue the exploration of the food and wine culture of Italy and beyond, and to share their discoveries equally with Food/Wine lovers and consumers the world over.
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