Evan Goldstein Biography

Evan Goldstein MS is one of the nation’s most prolific food and wine industry veterans. His food and wine career started at age 19 in the kitchens of the Restaurant Le Saintongeais and the Hotel Lancaster in Paris Auberge du Soleil in Napa Valley and Chez Panisse Café in Berkeley California. In 1984 he joined his mother Chef and Author Joyce Goldstein in opening the celebrated San Francisco restaurant Square One where as sommelier his wine lists received myriad awards. In 1987 he became the eighth American and youngest ever at the time to pass the prestigious Master Sommelier examination. Since 1990 Evan has created education programs wine training and service hospitality schools with Seagram Chateau & Estates Wines Company Diageo Allied Domecq and most recently as the Vice President of Global Wine & Brand Education at Beam Wine Estates. In addition Evan continues to train and examine candidates for the Court of Master Sommeliers as a Founding Board member.
Evan is the author of Five Star Service: Your Guide to Hospitality Excellence (On Premise Communications Inc. publishers) and the critically acclaimed book Perfect Pairings: A Master Sommelier’s Practical Advice for Partnering Wine with Food (University of California Press). In addition Goldstein co-authored numerous books with his mother Joyce Goldstein including Wine and Food Pairing in the Williams Sonoma Lifestyles series and many others. His sequel wine and food book for the University of California Press Daring Pairings: A Master Sommelier Matches Distinctive Wines with Recipes from His Favorite Chefs is planned for release in April 2010.

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