- Highly driven and innovative business professional offering multi-state level sales, business development, distributor & key account management with industry leaders, Constellation Brands, Kobrand Corporation and Kendall-Jackson. - Developed In-Store Food & Beverage concepts inside global retailers Crate & Barrel & Restoration Hardware (RH) including impactful wine, beer & spirit consumer events. - Career portfolio includes confirmed success starting and growing wine retail business, web sales and corporate wine education, Just Grapes, in Chicago. - Recognized Corporate Sommelier and Wine & Spirits Education Trust Diploma Candidate and Certified Instructor with over 15 years of experience reaching corporate audiences and birthing countless new wine enthusiasts. - Featured in numerous news and entertainment media: the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Entrepreneur Magazine, Men’s Journal, ABC and CBS Chicago News, and including selection and participation on the PBS series, “The Winemakers” Season II.
-Highly driven and innovative business professional offering multi-state level sales, business development, distributor & key account management with industry leaders, Constellation Brands, Kobrand Corporation and Kendall-Jackson.
-Career portfolio includes confirmed success starting and growing wine retail business, web sales and corporate wine education, Just Grapes, in Chicago.
-Recognized Corporate Sommelier and Wine & Spirits Education Trust Diploma Candidate and Certified Instructor with over 15 years of experience reaching corporate audiences and birthing countless new wine enthusiasts.
-Featured in numerous news and entertainment media: the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Entrepreneur Magazine, Men’s Journal, ABC and CBS Chicago News, and including selection and participation on the PBS series, “The Winemakers” Season II.
Just Grapes
Don Sritong has always had an extreme passion for wine, growing up in Northern California and attending the University of California-Davis, making his dedication to a career as a sommelier a reality in 1992. With over 15 years experience as a corporate sommelier at wineries like Kendall-Jackson, Kobrand Corporation and Constellation Brands, Don has represented wineries from all over the world including the United States, Australia, Chile, New Zealand, Italy, France, South America and Portugal. Don worked diligently facilitating wine education programs at restaurants and hotels, ultimately achieving the coveted certification level of Court of Master Sommelier in 2003. Don feels that wine education should be simple, fun and functional.
