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Lagom SommHead and Founder
Sep. 2024Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainExperiences and events platform featuring the vast variety of exciting non-alcoholic drinks. All the fun with zero alcohol, in Barcelona and beyond.
IES AbroadAssociate Professor
Sep. 2023Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainAssociate Professor of The Business of Wine course in the Barcelona campus of IES Abroad, a not-for-profit study abroad and internship provider.
FirstPourWine writer
Jul. 2021 - Dec. 2024Copywriting and content creation for a leading wine industry's social media agency and some of their key accounts, including California Wine Institute or Familia Martínez Zabala group.
VADEVI.cat - Premis Vinari de Vins i VermutsWine Judge
Apr. 2021 - May. 2021Catalonia, SpainWine Judge at Catalan Wine Awards and Catalan Vermouth Awards
Rack and ReturnWSET Wine Educator
Jan. 2020 - Jun. 2021Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainI have led the Spanish Education department in a dynamic wine school that is Rack and Return, where I have taught WSET 1 and WSET 2 programmes in Spanish, and also in English. The courses I have taught have been offered in classroom and online format, and the students have come from a variety of backgrounds, from professional bartenders, sommeliers to wine educators and wine lovers in the beginning of their wine appreciation path.
Wine AlphabetHead and Founder
Sep. 2018Barcelona Area, SpainExperiences and content creation, where wine is the main event I Operating from Barcelona, Spain, across Europe
Restaurante IradierSommelier
Oct. 2017 - Mar. 2020Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainIn my role of consulting sommelier at Restaurante Iradier, I developed a wine programme, that involved the following tasks: - I created the wine lists for Iradier Restaurant and Cèntric Café from scratch
- I liaised with a dozen of major wine suppliers in the city
- I conducted staff training tastings, as well as wine fair and local wineries visits
- I communicated with customers to suggest customized wine pairings matching general menu and
daily specials.
VIVINOS WINES & TASTINGSShop Manager & Wine Educator
Jun. 2017 - Jun. 2018Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainIn my role of shop assistant & wine educator at Vivinos, specialized on fine Spanish wines, I managed the shop inventory, made personalized advice to the shop customers and conducted educational tastings on Spanish wine & Spanish foods, primarily in English.
FASTFORWARD LLCEuropean Management & Retail Tours Coordinator and Project Manager
Feb. 2016 - May. 2020I helped organize, prepare and produce business, management and retail tours for FastForward, a leading company on the market, specialized in management tours focuces on innovations, disruptive ideas, and technological breakthroughs across different sectors. Our main clients included some of the leaders of Russian and Ukranian food retail, like Vkusvill supermarket chain, and companies and instituttions we visited in Europe range from a leading startup incubator in Paris to the most forward-thinking retailers in Amsterdam. My mission working with FastForward has been to build cross-cultural and cross-language bridges between Russian-speaking companies and Europe-based businesses, working in a variety of specific roles and handling dynamic and challenging situations.
Self-employedMultilingual Freelance Specialist in Wine + New Drinks + Travel
May. 2008Barcelona Area, SpainFor almost 15 years, I have provided multilingual communication services for a number of clients in the wine and travel industries. These services included:
- Translation and interpreting services in Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
- Consulting in the wine and tourism industries
- On-site and online wine educator
- Food and wine tour guide for a number of leading companies including Devour Tours, Wanderbeak
- Wine and food experience curation and creation for top industry players like Sir Hotels
- Market and new business opportunities research
- Copywriting and transcreation in English, Spanish and Russian
- Language training in English, Spanish and Russian I successfully worked with a number of public organizations – including the Barcelona city council and Barcelona tourism board, museums and galleries, major international retailers and other companies.
Among my projects are books, articles and localized websites.
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