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Tastoria is a great way to spend an evening. Everyone gets involved in the wine, food and excitement of the event. Key to this seems to be picking great wines and that has been done by the CEO - Catherine. Go Tastoria! Great idea! Excellent service and product!
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OLD WORLD MEETS NEW TECHNOLOGY - The Drinks Business magazine, Patrick Schmitt, March 2006
February 9th, 2008
James Booth is, like his concept, a mix of old and new, displaying a strong preference for fine wines from established European regions with a forward-looking technology-driven business sense. His taste for all things fine, vinous and French stems from a student exchange with the Remy family, of Domaine Louis Remy in Morey St Denis. Later, during a degree in Drench and Management, Booth spent time working with Jean0-Marc Brocard in Chablis.
At his parents’ insistence he out his vinous interests to one side, albeit briefly, to focus on a career as a merchant banker. That began in 1993, although he still found time to co-found a private wine club called the SS Wine Society.
He then launched grape-juice in 2002, a fine wine buying service for friends and City colleagues. He left the City in 2003, then in August 2005 grape-juice merged with Domaine Gayda and a little later, having met a BBC producer with a web-based seminar business, he came up with the idea of a live web tasting. Virtual Wine was launched in September 2005.
The Drinks Business magazine, by Patrick Schmitt, Issue 44, March 2006, page 57
James Booth is, like his concept, a mix of old and new, displaying a strong preference for fine wines from established European regions with a forward-looking technology-driven business sense. His taste for all things fine, vinous and French stems from a student exchange with the Remy family, of Domaine Louis Remy in Morey St Denis. Later, during a degree in Drench and Management, Booth spent time working with Jean0-Marc Brocard in Chablis.
At his parents’ insistence he out his vinous interests to one side, albeit briefly, to focus on a career as a merchant banker. That began in 1993, although he still found time to co-found a private wine club called the SS Wine Society.
He then launched grape-juice in 2002, a fine wine buying service for friends and City colleagues. He left the City in 2003, then in August 2005 grape-juice merged with Domaine Gayda and a little later, having met a BBC producer with a web-based seminar business, he came up with the idea of a live web tasting. Virtual Wine was launched in September 2005.
The Drinks Business magazine, by Patrick Schmitt, Issue 44, March 2006, page 57
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Discover Biodynamic & Organic Wines on 25th JulyDiscover Biodynamic & Organic Wines with Tastoria and Green & Blue Wines (25th of July, 2008 - 9:44 am) Join us on September 20th for our next online wine tasting event. Together with our latest UK partner G...
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