Name: Brianna
State: Colorado
Title: Senior Event Director
Favorite place to go out in Denver: Lingers Restaurant
Best experience with wine: Attending the 2011 Banfi Scholastic Tour
of Italy. This was an 8 day wine tour around Italy with other hospitality
students nationwide.
Plans after graduation: Work in Barcelona during Summer 2012 at a
resort. Afterwards, wherever life’s opportunities take me, preferably into a resort
and/or tourism position
Name: Emily
State: Colorado
DU Vin Title: Operations Manager
Favorite place to go out in Denver: Anywhere in Larimer Square
Best/most memorable experience with wine: Finding out that wine
was cheaper than water during my weekend in Paris and capitalizing on that by
drinking my weight in fabulous wine that weekend!
Plans after graduation: Travel, travel, travel! To become a Master
Sommelier and plan grand parties for every occasion. To continue to enjoy food
and wine and balance that love with a lot of exercise.
Name: Brooke-Lynn
State: Colorado
DU Vin Title: Director of Sales, Marketing, and Public Relations
Favorite place to go out in Denver: Pi, Pats, The Rio, Vita, and
The Ale House
Best/most memorable experience with wine: Vineyard
Plans after graduation: Event Sales or Catering Management
Name: Trevor
State: Texas
DU Vin Position: Financial Controller
Favorite place to go out in Denver: The Tavern
Best/Most memorable experience with wine: Going on vineyard tours
in New Zealand
Plans after graduation: Find a job as a revenue manager somewhere
that allows me to be outdoors.
Name: Elizabeth
State: California
DU Vin Title: Director of Marketing
Favorite Place: Cherry Creek Grill
Best Wine Experience: while studying abroad in Italy. They have
such amazing wine!
Plans after graduation: I hopefully will be attending graduate
school
Name: April
State: Colorado
DU Vin Title: Sales Manager
Favorite place to go in Denver: The Ginn Mill!
Best/Most memorable experience with wine: during my study abroad
experience in Dijon, Burgundy, France. I was able to taste wonderful wines at a
very affordable price. I also saw some beautiful wineries, and the vineyard
where Pinot Noir was first cultivated. It was amazing!
Plans after graduation: I plan to go into event / venue management
after I graduate from KSHM.
Name: Nathalia
Country: Bogota, Colombia
DU Vin Title: Sales Manager
Favorite place to go out in Denver: Mercury Cafe
Best/most memorable experience with wine: Going to a friend’s Wine
and Food Pairing competition.
Plans after graduation: I would like to go into sales and events.
Name: Hannah
State: Denver, CO
DU Vin Title: Food and Beverage Manager
Favorite place to go out in Denver: to eat: Houstons , to relax
Lavish or Suite 200
Best/most memorable experience with wine: The first night I hosted
a dinner. I had just moved into a lovely single family home with the most
glamorous kitchen I had ever had in a residence. It was thirteen girlies, some
perfectly cooked salmon, and lovely greens 
Plans after graduation: To work abroad in Spain or the Caribbean
Name: Federico
State: Florida
DU Vin Title: F&B Manager
Favorite place to go out in Denver: LoDo/ Highlands
Best/most memorable experience with wine: Drinking Bonny Doon’s
2008 DEWN Ca’ del Solo Grenache Blanc while cleaning up a massive mess
resulting from a three-day wine symposium which I helped organize and execute.
It was a windy summer day in the Southern Rhone and I was completely
sleep-deprived.
Plans after graduation: To start getting certified with the Court
of Master Sommeliers while working in some area of the wine industry.
Name: Zach
DU Vin Title: Logistics Manager
Favorite place to go out in Denver: The Cheeky Monk
Best/Most memorable experience with wine: For me, wine is a key
element for family gatherings. Thanksgiving, birthdays, or random evenings
enjoying the company of those I haven’t seen in a long time with a few bottles
of wine are what I think of when . Though the kinds of wine are rarely
remembered past the following morning, this mentality of wine has made me a
wine lover, and the acquired taste has followed.
Plans after graduation: Travel, ski, brew
Name: Sunny
Origin: Beijing, China
DU Vin Title: Logistic Manager
Favorite place to go out in Denver: Fogo de Chao
Best/most memorable experience with wine: took couple bottles of
100-dollar wine for a jeep ride on top of Aspen mountain in the middle of the
night and didn’t spill a drop it on the way
Plans after graduation: Move to Aspen or Hawaii
Name: Taylor
State: New York
DU Vin Title: Logistics Manager
Favorite place to go out in Denver: My favorite place to go out in
Denver is Max’s gill and grill and Governors Park tavern
Most memorable wine experience: I studied four months in Seville,
Spain and one of the trips I went on was to Jerez which is the capital of
Sherry country. We went on a wine tour at Tio Pepe which is the worlds best
selling Fino. Sherry is an interesting identifiable wine that goes well with
the Spanish tapas such as olives and cheese. It was a great experience and so
nice to try the regions wines!
Plans after graduation: After graduation I plan to work in event
management in New York or Los Angeles.
Name: Alyssa
State: Minnesota
DU Vin Title: HR Manager
Favorite place to go out in Denver: Downtown
Best experience with wine: Being abroad in Aix-En-Provance, France
and trying all different types of French wine
Plans after graduation: Work in an HR department for either a
hotel or a company
Name: Tricia
From: Phoenix, Arizona
DU Vin Title: PR Manager
Favorite place to go out in Denver: I love to go out and try new
places in the city, my most recent find was Linger’s in the Highlands – great
outdoor rooftop patio
Best/Most memorable experience with wine: I lived in France for 4
months and drank wine with close friends many of the nights I was there. Every
time I drink wine I still think of the beautiful public squares I enjoyed with
friends
Plans after graduation: I’m hoping to stay in Denver and do
something with Food and Beverage (& wine!) upon graduation
