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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 …

Suzanne Chowla

Suzanne-Chowla

Currently Sommelier, Wine Educator and Guest Services Coordinator for Treasury Wine Estates’ Cellar360 Tasting Room and Food and Wine Education Center in Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco. Previously was Wine Director and Sommelier at Chez TJ Restaurant in Mountain View, a Michelin Star restaurant. Studied with Master Sommelier David Glancy at the Professional Culinary Institute’s full-time Sommelier Program. Certified Sommelier: Certified by the Court of Master Sommeliers. Grew up on a farm in Wyoming. Lived in Central America (Costa Rica), Switzerland (where her love of wine developed) and Ireland. Background for many years in science/technology, specializing in Artificial Intelligence Research and Development, working for NASA and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland.