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Hi.  Thanks for taking a moment to stop by.  Feel free to make yourself at home and peruse the cornucopia of wine and food information.  Check out branding information by visiting justbrand.me

After creating and managing brands for 8 years at NIKE, I decided to transition into the wine business.  That was 2003, and since that time I’ve worked in just about every capacity of sales and marketing in the wine business.  Hopefully you’ll find the wine+food pairing info on this site useful.  Feel free to leave a comment on some of the posts and let me know you stopped by.  If you find yourself in Napa Valley, send me a note and I’ll make arrangements for your visit.  As the Director of Social Media at St. Supéry winery, it’s my job to extend our tasting room hospitality to you either when  you visit Napa, or when we take the tasting room on the road.  Hope to meet you soon and share some good wine.  Cheers!

RANDOM THINGS ABOUT:

Mentored an at-risk 13-year old named Joey for a full year.

Created the branding for:
Denver Broncos (NFL)
NY Giants (NFL)
University of Oregon (NCAA)
Florida State Seminoles (NCAA)
Portland St. Vikings (NCAA)
Portland Trailblazers (NBA)
Dallas Mavericks (NBA)
The Sports Authority ($3.5B retail chain)
Ouray Sportswear (sporting goods)
iggli, Inc. (web start up)
Jean Lawson & Associates (legal)
NIKE Battlegrounds
LNS Logistics (warehousing)
Bluegrass Classic (Basketball Camp)
SEED (non-profit for artists)
Colorado Creative (wine brokerage)
Culination/Chef Deck (wine & food web site)

Have been skydiving from 10,000 feet

Raised over $10,000 for the MS Society

Designed a shoe for Jason Kidd

Obsessed with finding the perfect wine and food pairing.

My Great-Grandparents changed the spelling of their last name from “Bacchus” to “Bakas” upon arrival to America with the idea they would be Americanizing the spelling.