Professional Drinking

How To Drink At Work

Not confident dining and drinking in business situations?

You’re Not Alone. And Jim is Here to Help!

As a Certified Sommelier, with Advanced Certification from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust Jim is a business person with 30 years of professional drinking experience helping professionals navigate wine and spirits, while keeping it fun! Your answer is sure to be found in Jim’s blog.

Drinking and Dining Like a Pro on an Interview

Drinking and Dining Like a Pro on an Interview

Interviews are already stress-filled events and the worries about how to handle yourself around dinner and having a drink can amp this up to nerve shattering levels.   It doesn’t have to be that way.  There are a few basic things to remember to change...

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How to Pick Your Restaurant for a Business Meeting

How to Pick Your Restaurant for a Business Meeting

Nothing sets the tone for a quality conversation more than the place. That means when picking the venue for your next meeting over a meal you need to think carefully as it communicates something about the nature of the meeting as well as your judgment. Should you pick...

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How to Swirl Your Wine

How to Swirl Your Wine

It is iconic, a group of people lounging around a table, swirling their wine idly, tossing around big and small ideas and laughing as the conversation wanders around.  For some, the swirling helps them think or it is the adult version of a fidget spinner to...

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