Alejandro Ortiz Email & Phone Number

Athens, Ga, Us

Athens, Georgia, United States

Osteria Olio @ The Rivet House, Athens - GA

Greater Atlanta Area

THE PEOPLEWe believe in handcrafted wines with a focus on family wineries and sustainable, organic, and biodynamic producers. All wines are not created equal. Arguably, the better wines are going to come from small, dedicated producers. These artists and craftspeople saw a calling in winemaking, and make it their livelihoods. #realwine.WHERE - THE ORIGINWe partner with independent producers crafting their authentic expression of their mettier and what matters: the place, the vine, the people... through their wines.It's also gotta be tasty and well-made.Today, our focus is the vineyards of the Western Mediterranean - wines of sun, sea, and an intense sense of place. As we move forward we will continue to explore what the wine-world has to offer while maintaining a high correlation of sheer awesomeness and value.

Georgia, Usa

We have one mission: to take the mystery out of wine without stripping it of its magic. Our courses are designed to make you a better wine enthusiast through in-depth discussions, a no-nonsense every day approach to wine, and of course, tasting some pretty awesome bottles. We keep it fun, informative, and relevant. Courses are taught by Alejandro Ortiz a veteran of the industry, certified sommelier, and love of all things wine-and-food-like – #realwine.

Greater Atlanta Area

VINNOVATION is a food-and-beverage industry consulting organization. Development, strategy, representation.PINTA and PINTA SCHOOL of WINE | ATHENS COOKS - Taking the mystery out of food & wine without stripping it of it's magic. Promotional tool for the retail / F&B industry. Consumer-focused food & beverage education, events, and lifestyle programming.ORIGEN SELECTIONSWine importer and Agency representing and working with small family producers from around the world.

Worldwide

Wine & Spirits brand management, market penetration strategies, and education. Food & Beverage concept-development, training & development, with national and global insight.

New York, New York

Classic Wine for Modern People

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Served as founder and executive team member for dynamic start up of hospitality consulting and concept development firm offering crucial services in a nascent market offering strategic planning, development, and sales & marketing to the wine and hospitality industry as well as the operations of our proprietary brands. Design and execute strong strategic visions connecting external and internal plans with market needs. Broad scope of responsibility includes business development, strategic market planning, operations, production, sales forecasting, marketing, and sales. Boosted revenue of proprietary and client businesses through ‘product relevance initiatives’, social media campaigns, dynamic programming, training, and management.Proprietor ofThe Pious Pig Restaurant Group, LLCAcme Conceptes, LLC

Singapore

Generated and conducted market research initiatives and led strategic planning, support and administration of luxury hotel group’s full reboot of beverage program worldwide. Worked diligently with local and regional teams to identify opportunities and recommended far-reaching initiatives to improve product depletions, margins (despite heavy duty structures) and increase overall sales. Initiated and recommended far-seeing strategies to ensure that Aman’s new food and beverage projects were culturally and socially relevant, dynamic, on-trend, while never loosing its core mission of satisfying Aman’s loyal global clientele and profitability goals. • New Business Development: Built from the ground-up a Singapore-based import-export platform and managed all purchasing, consolidation, depletions, sales, and the re-exporting over $2MM of wine annually (through partnerships with Hillenbrand and localized import companies in the countries of destination) to Indonesia, Thailand, China, Bhuttan, India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. • Sales: Grew overall wine and spirits sales by an average of 60% worldwide in the first year of implementation and increased overall profitability of spirits program by, in some regions, over 150% through a multi-faceted approach that included working closely with suppliers (wineries) and generating exclusive product, developing programs and import structures with importers and distributors in order to minimize costs, and provided support and training on the ground managing categories by region and property.• Generated an additional $10MM in wine and spirits sales in the time of my tenure.• Marketing/Branding Strategies: Created category-management approach specific to region/country. Worked closely with wineries to manage allocations throughout group. Spearheaded intensive on-site training of staffs as well as generated programing and products such as wine dinners, the Aman Wine Club (Delhi and Beijing), Cellarmaster tastings, and initiated

Opening team-member of The Setai Miami (2004) and The Heritage House Mendocino (2005). Created, managed and controlled bi-coastal F&B program for GHM Americas. Sales: Generated $3.6M in wine sales first year of operation for The Setai as its Wine Director.

Opening team-member of The Setai Miami (2004) and The Heritage House Mendocino (2005). Created, managed and controlled bi-coastal F&B program for GHM Americas. Sales: Generated $3.6M in wine sales first year of operation for The Setai as its Wine Director.

Bps, Culinary Arts/ Hospitality Management

Activities and Societies: Team Leader President- Student Council 2002-2003 Receipt: Francis Roth Leadership Award 2003 (Award created)

Bps, Hospitality Administration/Management