Jonathon Alsop Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

The Boston Wine School was founded by wine writer and educator Jonathon Alsop as a "snob-free zone" where wine lovers at all levels of experience can come to taste, explore, and learn about wines. Each semester, the school offers a range of instuction from introductory classes like "Wine 101" and "Understanding Wine Grapes" to more in-depth wine experiences like "Wine & Cheese Pairing" and "Great Wine Regions of Europe." The Boston Wine School also hosts wine tasting receptions for up to 45 guests and multi-course wine dinners for 30.

JONATHON ALSOP is a Boston-based wine writer covering wine, food and travel since 1989. He is author of the nationally syndicated wine column "In Vino Veritas" as well as numerous articles for Vintage Magazine, Frequent Flyer, La Vie Claire, Beverage Business Magazine, New England Wine Gazette, Boston Globe, and many others. He wrote Fodor's Dining Guide to Boston, Cape Cod, and The Islands from 1994-99.Jonathon's wine writing subjects the wine world to the eccentric scrutiny of his unique critical personality. His wine column, "In Vino Veritas," is an eccentric, iconoclastic look at the world of wine today, syndicated weekly to publications around the world. Greatest hits include "Raise High The Wine Bar, Oenophile!", "The Too-Perfect Hostess," and "Veni, Vidi, Bibi: I Came, I Saw, I Drank."

In-store music theatres have been a major retail differentiator for Bose since the 1970s. The Music Theatre Team engineered a dramatic conversion to high-definition video in 2003.Executive producer for conversion of domestic and international Bose Music Theatres to high-definition video cinemas. Responsible for creative and technical teams producing new HD content while developing and converting to new video production methods. Produced audio, HD video, and photo sessions for in-store marketing. Worked across departments to test and install new HD video server and projection hardware in stores around the world. Highlight: we couldn't get them all into the US, so we met up with a Spanish flamenco troupe in Halifax, Nova Scotia and did the shoot there.

Teaching wine, food, writing, and literature classes for Boston, Brookline, Cambridge and Newton adult education centers. Worked as technical designer on the Brookline web site, and developed the CGI script that runs the course catalog.Wine Classes:How To Taste: An Introduction To WineFine Wine On A Tight BudgetAround The World With WineChampagne & Sparkling Wine IntensiveWines Of Southern FranceZinfandel: America's Best Red WineModern Italian WinesQue Syrah ShirazFood Classes:Simple Food & Wine MatchingThe Ultimate Cheese CoursePairing Wine & CheeseWriting & Literature Classes:The Language Of FoodWriting For MagazinesPoetry of Dylan ThomasLiterary History of Wine

First internet service provider on the planet since 1989. The World's Unix-savvy audience likes big hardware and hands-on computing.Responsible for technical and sales management, web site hosting, and domain name service. Management and supervision of sales and technical staff; packaging, selling, and delivering web hosting and internetworking to hundreds of small and medium size companies. Responsible for developing and teaching sales/education classes for both web customers and help-desk employees. Highlight: retaining the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston as a customer for four-and-a-half years.

Researched, wrote, and updated dining guides to New England's best restaurants. Responsible for on-going maintenance of databases and for writing restaurant reviews. Highlights: Arrows in Ogunquit, Cafe Fleuri in Boston's Financial District, and Centre Street Cafe in Jamaica Plain.

Convergent developed a CD product catalog for Digital that evolved into the first e-commerce application on the web. Project manager for DECdirect Interactive: worked with client and contributors to develop and produce Digital's first electronic catalog, launched on the fledgling web in 1994. By 1996, responsible for technical sales and project proposal development for $3 million in multimedia work a year. Highlight: flying to Chicago and back in one day to eat steak and sign up a giant chemical supply catalog customer.

This small media production company created big corporate meetings, trade shows, and events.Wrote speeches, scripts, soundtracks, proposals, and screenplays. Produced multi-projector slide shows, videos, live staged video events, and corporate theatre for large companies. Clients included Grossman's, CVS, Meeting Planners International, and others. Highlight: laughing till I passed out working with funny guy Jeff Foxworthy before he was famous.

DG once had an international sales force and competed with the big players in corporate communications and worldwide events.Wrote and produced major international sales and incentive meetings. Scripted and staged DG's Million Dollar Club - an incentive program for top sales people - for six years in five countries. Managed production budgets into seven figures and answered to top management and ownership. Highlight: trying to get Chuck Berry paid in cash.