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Meet the Wine Brokers
Tony Elsinga, Sommelier at TTR Uptown Park
Raised and educated in both the U.S. and abroad, Tony'scareer in wine began in the mid 1980’s. Upon returning from Europe, he began writing restaurant wine lists for fine restaurants in the U.S. In time, Tony became the Wine Director/Sommelier at a number of exceptional restaurants in the Seattle area, including the multi-award winning Alice's Restaurant, Firenze, and others. In 1999, Tony’s work won him the prestigious Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. After more than a decade as a sommelier, Tony was recruited by one of America's premier importer of old and rare Bordeaux to serve as the Director of Education and lead Marketing and Business development. During this time, Tony procured wine for such celebrities as Denzel Washington, Billy Joel, Francis Ford Coppola, world famous wine collectors Bipin Desai and Hardy Rodenstock, "supercritic" Robert Parker, celebrity chefs Daniel Boulud and Wolfgang Puck,and restaurants such as The French Laundry,Bistro Moderne,l'Orangerie, and le Cirque. Tony began working with The Tasting Room in September, 2006, and in 2007, Tony won both the Houston Iron Sommelier Competition (People's Choice) and the Houston Cellar Classic’s Sommelier Smackdown.
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