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Meet The Wine Seller(s)!

Andy Engel

Cigar Tzar

*Decided that smoked bruder on a whole grain batard is grilled cheese

*Wants you to drink Fonseca 20 Year Port

*Smoked a Hoyo de Monterrey Dark Sumatra for breakfast

*Andy says: "It's all about Legos."

*Would be paying full price for wine and cigars if he were not at the Wine Seller

Expertise: Cigars, Ports, High-End Reds, Domestic Beers, Deputy Growler Filler


Paul Luschinger

Collector of Corkscrews

*Is a fan of Cabernet Sauvignons from all over

*Feels Keen's Cheddar makes the supreme grilled cheese

*Enjoys Yuengling Lager on a hot summer day

*Would be traveling the world in search of corkscrews if he had a choice

*Has been helicopter skiing and lived to tell the tale

Expertise: Finding fabulous values, California, South America

Brenda Linville

                                                               The Wine seller new cheese monger and gift leader.



Phil Schneider

Beer Master Flex

*Really, really, really likes Bubbles

*Thinks Five County Cheddar is the way to go with grilled cheeses

*Would marry the Lagunitas Imperial Red if it weren't illegal in 48 states. 

*Would be a test driver for the Ferrari Formula 1 race team if he didn't have a beer habit to support

*Feels that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the coolest woman ever

Expertise: Beer, Champagne & Bubbles, Big Reds, Growler Filling, Pizza Slaying

Bill Bean

*Believes that any farmhouse cheddar would make a lovely grilled cheese

*Is madly in love with Panther Creek Pinot Noir (don't tell his wife)

*Will drink any beer if he has to, but would prefer wine

*Likes to fly in WWII airplanes

*Would be spending more time with his Alfa Romeo if he weren't here for the party

Expertise: All things Italian, France, Oregon & Pinot Noir

Jonathan Sasser

AKA: Pumpkin

*Is on a one-man crusade to get Americans to drink more wine from the Loire. 

*Enjoys sneaking on to the store's laptop to make subversive wine tags when Heather isn't looking

*Has already succeeded in eating his weight in pate in just under six months. His newest obsession? The Istara Ossau-Iraty.

*Is seriously obsessed with Rhone and the Languedoc

Expertise: France (especially Loire), Washington State, anything in the cheese cooler