American Marketing Association
Bank of America
Cox Media
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Glaxo Smith Kline
GMAC Financial Services
Hyatt Hotels
International Society of Event Specialists
Marriott Hotels
Meeting Professionals International
Nestle Corporation
Northrop Grumman
San Diego Padres
Sun Microsystems
The Ritz-Carlton Hotels
Trump Resort
Who Is The Wine Heretic?
A well-respected “educational entertainer” on food and wine topics, John Alongé counts scores of Fortune 500 companies among his clients. His uniquely entertaining presentations are guaranteed to elicit raves from your clients. Alongé is the founder of the San Diego Wine and Culinary Center (www.sdwineculinary.com) and is actively involved in the San Diego County Vintners Association, the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau and the San Diego Chapter of Meeting Professionals International. He regularly gives animated food and wine presentations to corporate and private groups as well as teaching wine industry classes at San Diego State University and writes regularly for Edible San Diego magazine. His affiliation with numerous San Diego County wineries has allowed him to participate actively in the renaissance of fine wines in southern California.
So, why TheWine Heretic?
In the first place, I believe that ninety percent of everything that’s written about wine addresses the ten percent (or fewer) people who take the subject very, very seriously, almost to the point of obsession. For the rest of us, that ninety percent or so who just want to enjoy wine as a pleasant beverage, we should be able to deal with the subject without pretension. Most of my colleagues in the wine business are addicted to the ratings because ratings sell wine, they tell me, or at least that’s what induces some people to spend exorbitant amounts of money for a wine that some critic said was superlative. The fact that I don’t promote that system makes me a wine heretic in their eyes. In Vino Veritas!
