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  • Sud de France Sommelier Competition 2012 — MONDAY JUNE 25 May 10, 2012

    Compete for the title of Sud de France Sommelier 2012 and an all expense paid trip to the Languedoc-Roussillon!  More info.

  • New Evening Session of V&V Added to Calendar May 9, 2012

    We’re adding another opportunity to take V&V in the evenings.  Class begins Tuesday, June 5th and runs through December 4th at the American Sommelier Office. Click here for more info.

  • A Rosé By Any Other Name MONDAY MAY 21 May 9, 2012

    Join us for the fourth in our 11-part Seminar Series in collaboration with the Charlie Palmer Group at Aureole New York. What’s in a name?   There was a time when some might have snubbed their nose at the mention of …

Giselle Hamburg

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Giselle Hamburg remembers going to a winery in Chablis, France as a youth and tasting wine directly from the barrels. That experience was very memorable and was her early inspiration for her love of wine.

Giselle has been a sommelier for 6 years, a career that followed a professional music career that included performing in front of 50,000 people in Beijing China which was televised all over Asia. Giselle is currently a sommelier and assistant wine director at Mario Batalii and Joe Bastianich’s Port Chester restaurant Tarry Lodge. Giselle also works at Christie’s as a wine department assistant.

Her most memorable wine service experience was serving Hillary and Bill Clinton and recommending a wine that they were unfamiliar with but ultimately loved.

Giselle graduated from Tufts and has a second degree from the University of Paris. Giselle’s wine education includes a sommelier certificate from the Sommelier Society of America and a diploma and certificate from the International Wine Center.