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The MGM Grand Wine Team is comprised of 14 sommeliers dedicated to quality wine service and helping you discover that next transcendent bottle of wine.
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Brian Weitzman - Wine Director |
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| Born: | Foster City, California | |
| First Wine Job: | Warehouse Manager for local Distribution Company | |
| Favorite Regions: | Burgundy, Northern Rhone Valley, German Riesling | |
| Transcedent Wine: | 1990 Rousseau Ruchottes-Chambertin Clos des Ruchottes | |
| Wine Quote: | "Like a bottle of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, I'm fine like wine when I start to rap." - Beastie Boys |
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Harley Carbery - Joël Robuchon |
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| Born: | Victoria, BC, Canada | |
| First Wine Job: | Sommelier, Wildflower Restaurant, Whistler, BC, Canada | |
| Favorite Regions: | Champagne, Bordeaux, Burgundy | |
| Transcedent Wine: | 1982 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou | |
| Wine Quote: | "In victory you deserve Champagne, in defeat you need it!" – Napoleon Bonaparte |
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John Bolduc - Joël Robuchon |
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| Born: | Waterville, Maine | |
| First Wine Job: | Wine Director, Café Giovanni's, New Orleans | |
| Favorite Regions: | Burgundy, Tuscany and Toro & Prior at in Spain. | |
| Transcedent Wine: | 1942 DRC La Tâche | |
| Wine Quote: | ""Burgundy makes you think of silly things, Bordeaux makes you talk of them and Champagne makes you do them." - Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin |
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Helen Van Riper - Joël Robuchon |
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| Born: | Austin, Texas | |
| First Wine Job: | Extern for the wine department at the French Laundry | |
| Favorite Regions: | Napa, Burgundy, Alsace, Rhone, Piedmont, it goes on. | |
| Transcedent Wine: | Lopez de Heredia, Vina Tondonia Blanco, Gran Reserva, 1976 | |
| Wine Quote: | "Wine to me is passion. It's family and friends. It's warmth of heart and generosity of spirit. Wine is art. It's culture. It's the essence of civilization and the art of living." -Robert Mondavi | |
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John Paddon - Nobhill Tavern |
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| Born: | Effingham County, Georgia | |
| First Wine Job: | Wine steward for the Cloister at Sea Island | |
| Favorite Regions: | Anything Spanish, especially Priorat and Rais Baixas | |
| Transcedent Wine: | 1989 Chateau Beaucastel Hommage de Jacques Perrin Chateauneuf-du-Pape | |
| Wine Quote: | "My favorite bottle is the one in front of me." - John Paddon |
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Derek Engles - Tom Colicchio's Craftsteak |
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| Born: | Poughkeepsie, N.Y. | |
| First Wine Job: | Sommelier, 2006; 677 Prime, Albany, NY | |
| Favorite Regions: | Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Piedmont | |
| Transcedent Wine: | 1996 Luciano Sandrone Cannubi Boschis Barolo | |
| Wine Quote: | "Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy" - Henry Fielding |
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Mario de Ovando - Tom Colicchio's Craftsteak |
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| Born: | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| First Wine Job: | Sommelier at Tom Colicchio's Craftsteak | |
| Favorite Regions: | Italy and Southern Rhone | |
| Transcedent Wine: | 1999 Valdicava Madonna del Piano Riserva Brunello di Montalcino | |
| Wine Quote: | "There is a wine for everyone" - Mario de Ovando |
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Danielle Grams - Pearl |
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| First Wine Job: | Midwest Wine Consultants, Volo, IL | |
| Favorite Regions: | Alsace, Rhone | |
| Transcedent Wine: | 2003 Chateau Rieussec Sauternes | |
| Wine Quote: | "In water one sees one's own face; but in wine, one beholds the heart of another" – French proverb |
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