BIO Brad is a native New Yorker who has immersed himself into the wine and restaurant businesses for over twenty years. His experience has taken him around the world as a sales & marketing strategist, as well as a speaker at wine and food events. His career has included: RESTAURANT Steward Windows on the World NY, NY Purchasing Agent Locke-Ober Cafe Boston, MA Purchasing Agent Clarke Cooke House Newport, RI WINE TRADE USA Sales & Marketing Manager/Vice President Golan Heights Winery Katzrin, Israel East Coast Sales Manager Parducci Wine Estates Mendocino, CA East Coast Sales Manager Cosentino Wine Estates Napa Valley, CA WINE & FOOD CREDENTIALS New York Restaurant School Graduate Sommelier Society of America Certification London Wine & Spirits Trust "Higher Certificate" OTHER EDUCATION Emerson College, Boston MA B.F.A. Creative Writing RECENT PRESS RADIO Culinary Media Network Interview [http://traffic.libsyn.com/remarkablepalate/ReMARKablePalate16 4.mp3] Martha Stewart Living Radio "Morning Show" Appearance December 2008 ARTICLES/BLOGS New York Magazine October 2008 http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/madison-and-vine/ Sheknows.com December 2008 http://www.sheknows.com/articles/806925.html Wisebread.com December 2008 http://www.wisebread.com Queens Tribune January 30, 2009 http://queenstribune.wordpress.com/ NY Drinks Examiner February 2009 http://www.examiner.com/x-2969-NY-Drinks-Examiner Bankrate.com April 2009 http://www.bankrate.com/finance/personal-finance/it-s-a-buyer-s -market-for-wines-2.aspx Yahoo! Finance April 2009 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Great-wines-at-low-brn-14963985 .html?.v=1 Wisebread.com April 2009 http://www.wisebread.com/mix-it-up-for-cinco-de-mayo-wines-tha t-stand-up-to-the-sassiest-of-foods#comments NY Drinks Examiner May 2009 http://www.examiner.com/x-2969-NY-Drinks-Examiner~y2009m 4d30-New-Tequilas-for-Cinco-de-Mayo Newsday exploreLI.com Wednesday May 27, 2009 Winetastings/ Uncorking knowledge in the store by Peter Gianotti YOUNG'S FINE WINE & SPIRITS "Participants sip rose in a wine-tasting class led by Brad Haskel at Young's Fine Wines and Spirits in Manhasset." COMMONSENSEWITHMONEY.COM May 2009 http://www.commonsensewithmoney.com/2009/05/10001-ways-to -live-large-on-a-small-budget-giveaway/ FOREST HILLS TIMES.COM September 2009 http://www.foresthillstimes.com/pages/full_story/push?article-L ondon+Lennies-+Peter+Franus+team+up+for+wine+tasting%20&id= 3691499-London+Lennies-+Peter+Franus+team+up+for+wine+tasti ng&instance=home_news_right Praxis Cellars Web Site http://www.praxiscellars.com/ Ridge Vineyards Web Site http://blog.ridgewine.com/tag/paul-draper/ VIDEO http://www.youngswines.com/inside_young's/video_library/ April 2009 WRITINGS "When is it Okay to Refuse a Bottle of Wine?" -Dish du Jour Magazine- Winter 2009 Issue "A Food & Wine Pairing Through Queens- An Eater's Paradise" http://www.dishdujourmagazine.com/Articles/Summer2009/AFoo dWinePairingthroughQueens/tabid/218/Default.aspx -Dish du Jour Magazine- Summer 2009 Issue London Lennies Website http://www.londonlennies.com/all-in-the-family/ Huffington Post Blogs by Brad Haskel http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-haskel/three-places-to-find- the_b_270308.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-haskel/restaurant-wine-lists -the_b_285113.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-haskel/becky-wasserman-a-u nique_b_317291.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-haskel/remembering-hal_b_ 341915.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-haskel/ridge-vineyards-paul- drap_b_363181.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-haskel/champagne-dramatic- change_b_379597.html BOOK RELEASE Killer Aces Media is featuring "Brad's Six Simple Tips for Buying Great Affordable Wine" in their just released book, "10, 001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget", that is currently available through all major retail and on-line outlets. Already, the book is the #1 Money Management book on Amazon. RECENT CLIENT WINE LIST ACCOLADES CHEERS MAGAZINE "Best Wine Bar in New York City 2008" Madison & Vine Wine Bar Hospitality Holdings, Inc. WINE SPECTATOR MAGAZINE London Lennies Queens NY, 2008 Award of Excellence London Lennies Queens NY, 2009 Award of Excellence Maxwell & Dunne's Plainview NY, 2008 Award of Excellence Ruth's Chris King of Prussia PA, 2008 Award of Excellence Tupelo Honey Sea Cliff NY, 2008 Award of Excellence WINE ENTHUSIAST MAGAZINE London Lennies Queens NY, 2007 Award of Distinction London Lennies Queens NY, 2008 Award of Distinction |
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