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About BonvinBonvin à Vendre is a wine consultancy service run by Astrid Young, a certified sommelier currently based in Prince Edward County, Canada. As a company, Bonvin's services extend to events both corporate and private, public speaking, wine education, cellar management, restaurant management, and inventory services for licensees in Ontario. A wine buyer with over twenty years of experience, Astrid has lived in and travelled to most of the major wine regions of the world and is able to bring her experience and connections to all of her clientele.
Astrid Young is a dedicated member of the wine trade with experience spanning over twenty years. Certified by the International Sommelier Guild, she has also been a candidate for Master of Wine. In years past, Astrid has been a wine buyer for many restaurants, with a special emphasis on her specialties: small production California and Burgundy. Her buying experience extends all accross North America, and she also has clients in Japan as well as Italy and other parts of Europe. Astrid's experience as a Sommelier has gained her vaulable recognition in both Canada and the Napa and Sonoma Valleys, where her close relationships with wine makers, winery owners, growers, distributors and importers alike allow her to leverage prestige allocations for her clients worldwide. In her hometown Toronto, Astrid is well known in the wine trade, two notable claims to fame being that she was a pivotal influence in building a wine cellar in a pool hall (The Academy of Spherical Arts) and creating a wine program at an Indian Restaurant (Kamasutra, on Bayview Avenue). Currently, Astrid is the restaurant general manager at the Devonshire Inn on the Lake in Wellington, Ontario, and also is the award-winning Wine Director at Capers Brasserie and Wine Bar in Belleville, Ontario. Astrid is a regular contributor and blogger on the popular food and drink website, Gremolata.com, and occasionally writes freelance articles for various publications. A professional musician and published author, Astrid is currently working on a new record, to be released in the spring, and is writing a travelling chronicle of her adventures in the wine world, titled Wino. Check in with Gremolata.com for news and happenings!
"Her enthusiasm and passion for wine is infectious! Talk to her for five minutes and your life will change. Now if we could just get her over this California thing ... " Joe Sacco, owner of Smokeless Joe, Toronto Canada
"She's got that thing. She's really got that thing about her. She knows what's good and what's out there."
"She's the best Sommelier I've ever worked with. Her wine and food pairings are unconventional and exciting! Plus she just does it
off the top of her head, like it was nothing."
"We could all learn a thing or two about wine from Astrid. She's my best resource."
"I'm kind of afraid to order wine if she's not there."
"She's got a remarkable palate."
"Her dedication to the wine trade is admirable." "Skaliwag!"
"Astrid, you can have as much of my Zinfandel as you want." |
