Zoltan Szabo
"Zoltan is the quintessential North American success story: from
non-English-speaking busboy to star sommelier in under a decade. He has done
more to raise the profile of the sommelier profession than busloads of
stiff, tastevin-toating wine stewards, bringing a fresh, appealing, wholly
inclusive approach to sharing his enthusiasm for wine. Zoltan has been
recognized repeatedly by his colleagues, wining Toronto Star sommelier of
the year in 2003, top spot at Tony Aspler's Ontario Wine Awards blind
tasting competition in 2005 and most recently was named "promoter of the
year 2006" for the Ontario Wine Industry during their annual Cuvée gala in
recognition of his significant support of local artisans of the grape. He
has appeared in dozens of publications and interviews and has become the
poster boy of the modern sommelier: fun, confident, highly knowledgeable and
down to earth. He has been dubbed the Clive Owen and the 007 of wine as well
as Toronto's sexiest sommelier.
Professionally, Zoltan has created and oversees many award winning wine
programs for some of the finest restaurants in Toronto garnering him
additional accolades from the local media and the Wine Spectator. He is a
contributing editor for CityBites Magazine, Drinks editor of Asian Gourmet,
and contributes tasting notes to a variety of prominent publications and
organizations, such as WinerytoHome.com, Vines Magazine and the Ontario
Restaurant News.
These days Zoltan spends the majority of his time as a guest speaker at
wine-soaked events, delivers Wine Council of Ontario training seminars with
partner John Szabo and travels the world as an international wine judge.
Otherwise you can often catch him at one of his favorite local haunts
enjoying a glass of unusual, cutting edge vino". by John Szabo, MS
Click here to contact Zoltan
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