| IN VINO VERITAS | Syndicated Wine Column by Jonathon Alsop |
| jalsop@invinoveritas.com | 336 Washington Street Brookline MA 02445 | 617-784-7150 |
| About The Author |
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JONATHON ALSOP is a Boston-based wine writer covering wine, food and travel since 1988. He is author of the nationally syndicated wine column "In Vino Veritas" as well as numerous articles for Vintage Magazine, Frequent Flyer, Newport Life, New England Wine Gazette, Mobil Travel Guides, Fodor's Travel Guides, Boston Globe, and others. He wrote Fodor's Dining Guide to Boston, Cape Cod, and The Islands from 1994-99. His best-known essays like "The Too-Perfect Hostess" and "Raise High The Wine Bar, Oenophile!" subject the wine world to the eccentric scrutiny of his unique critical personality. In addition to wine writing, Jonathon teaches wine, cooking and writing classes in Boston. He is currently working on a book about wine in ancient Rome. |
| Wine Writing |
| IN VINO VERITAS by
Jonathon Alsop Syndicated wine column & web site http://www.invinoveritas.com/ 1988-present |
IN VINO VERITAS
is an eccentric, iconoclastic look at the world of wine today, syndicated
weekly to 100 publications around the world. Greatest hits include
Raise High The Wine Bar, Oenophile, The Too-Perfect Hostess,
and Veni, Vidi, Bibi: I Came, I Saw, I Drank. Publications & Syndication The Boston Globe New England Wine Gazette Frequent Flyer Magazine New England Bride Newport Life Metrowest Daily News Oxford Wine Room Milford Daily News Rehoboth News Neponset Valley Daily News townonline.com Daily News Tribune Amtrak Magazine and others |
| Fodor's Travel
Guides Dining Guide to Boston, Cape Cod & The Islands 1994-1998 |
Researched,
wrote, and updated dining guides to New England's best restaurants.
Responsible for on-going maintenance of databases and for writing
restaurant reviews. Highlights: Arrows in Ogunquit, Cafe Fleuri in
Boston's Financial District, and Centre Street Cafe in Jamaica
Plain. |
| Wine Education |
| Brookline Adult &
Community Education Brookline MA http://www.brooklineadulted.org/ 1999-present Boston Center for Adult Education Boston MA http://www.bcae.org/ 2000-present Cambridge Center for Adult Education Cambridge MA http://www.ccae.org/ 2001-present Newton Community Education Newton MA http://www.newtoncommunityed.org/ 2002-present |
Teaching wine, food, writing, and literature classes. Technical designer
for the Brookline Adult Ed web site, and developed the software that runs their
course catalog. Wine Classes How To Taste: An Introduction To Wine Fine Wine On A Tight Budget Around The World With Wine Champagne & Sparkling Wine Intensive Wines Of Southern France Zinfandel: America's Best Red Wine Modern Italian Wines Que Syrah Shiraz Food Classes Simple Food & Wine Matching The Ultimate Cheese Course German Food & Wine Wine & Food of Provence Writing & Literature Classes The Language Of Food Writing For Magazines Poetry of Dylan Thomas Literary History of Wine |
| Public Service |
| American Heart
Association Framingham MA 1992-2001 |
Script, stage,
and produce the annual Heart Ball fundraiser. Received the Time, Focus,
and Feeling award for 1999. |
| Boston Film & Video
Foundation Boston MA 1998-present |
Board of
directors. |
| American Institute Of
Wine & Food Cambridge MA 2001-2003 |
Board of
directors. |