Rick Bakas is a Certified Sommelier and the Founder of Bakas Media, an award winning new media relations firm in San Francisco, CA. He has consulted with brands such as wine.com, ABC’s Bachelor Ben Flajnik, Chateau Montelena, the CIVL Languedoc and Portalupi Winery.
In 2009 Rick became the first Director of Social Media in the wine industry for St. Supéry winery in Napa valley. He is a contributor to Mashable and Flipboard under the Wine & Spirits section and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Wired, CNET, SF Chronicle, New York Times as well as Brian Solis’ (R)evolution series.
“…before Klout in social media, there was no way to pinpoint society’s hidden influencers. These include friends and family members whose recommendations directly impact our buying decisions, as well as quasi-public figures best known for the Twitter updates — like, say, San Francisco sommelier Rick Bakas, whose 75,000 plus followers hang on his every wine-pairing suggestion.”
- WIRED, May 2012
Rick has judged wine competitions and engaged audiences through his entertaining talks on social media marketing in New York, Sydney, San Francisco, Melbourne, Vancouver, Portland, Perth, Los Angeles and Adelaide.
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