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Stephen Reiss, Ph.D. C.W.E.
- Retired
- Certified Wine Educator
- Trained French Chef
- Food & Wine Author
- 25+ years Managerial Experience
- Over 40 years Computing Experience
- Utilizing the Internet since 1969
- Entrepeneur, Wine Lecturer, World Traveler
- Retired young and moved to Cuenca, Ecuador. Just a little fun cooking now, 2017
- Planted 2,000 Cabernet Sauvignon vines and developed business plan for Lake County, CA winery, 2016
- Moved to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Teaching wine classes and cooking events while exploring the Asian food and wine scene. 2015 - 2016
- Moved to Argentina to consult to wineries and to publish the electronic magazine Mendoza Wineries, 2009 - 2015.
- Chef at the International pop-up restaurant CuveƩ, 2008 - 2017.
- Spent 365 days inspecting vineyards and wineries in lesser known regions of the world, 2008 - 2009.
- Consulted on site for major California wine producer for 6 months in 2007.
- Joined the Board of Directors of the Casa de Loco winery. 2006.
- Authored the breakthrough textbook "Juice Jargon - How to talk about wine", now in its 5th edition with over 30,000 copies sold.
- Wrote the award winning wine blog "Wine Whines" and email newsletter "Juice" 2004 - 2017.
- Wine and technology manager during start up for USWineAuction, 1998 - 2002. Created all of the systems and procedures including Internet and Live Wine Auctions.
- Member of the First US Wine Delegation to China since 1949. 1996
- Founded Aspen Wine Program a wine tasting school, and wine events program, 1996. Featured in Food & Wine and many other major magazines.
- Passed the Society of Wine Educators' Certified Wine Educator exam, 1996.
- Began WineEducation.com, the award winning web site, 1995.
- Finalist in Sopexa's Food & Wines of France, International Sommelier competition, 1994.
- Passed the Master of Wine Candidate's Exam in 1992, sat the MW exam in 1993.
- Created 8 Wine Spectator Award winning Wine Lists 1989 - 1996.
- Published Buyers & Cellars Notes, a consumer oriented wine newsletter, 1991 - 2017 (in 2004 it transitioned to "Juice" the digital version).
- Helped create the renown Renaissance Restaurant 1991 - 1993.
- Top Sales representative for E&M Wine Distributors 1989 - 1990.
- Two time finalist in the California Wine Wizards Competition, 1989 & 1990.
- Represented Moillard Burgundy in Western U.S. 1986 - 1989.
- Organized the Colorado Chapter of the American Wine Society, 1986.
- Implemented Buyers & Cellars Wine Consultants 1984.
- Worked with Aspen Food & Wine Classic in an official capacity 1984 - 1996.
- Over 20 years in the hospitality industry, 1975 - 1996.
Books by Stephen Reiss
Significant Press
- An avalanche of press regarding South American Tour (in Spanish).
- Named "Aspen's Wine Guru" by Aspen Magazine.
- Noted for "Cheerful, Knowledgeable Advice" in Bon Appetite.
- Cited for the Aspen Wine Program in Food & Wine and other major magazines.
- Acclaimed "The Finest Wine Steward in Colorado" by the Rocky Mountain News.
- Quoted as an expert source in media outlets around the world, including The Washington Post and Fox News.
- Articles about Dr. Reiss have also appeared in dozens of newspapers and smaller magazines coast to coast, from Tampa to Sacramento.
- Regular guest on radio shows such as World Talk Radio and Business Talk Radio.
Lectured at Restaurant and Wine Events:
- CO 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007
- NM 1992,1995
- DE & PA 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005
- Las Vegas 2008
- Internationally 1987, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
Toured the Wine Regions of:
- U.S. 1985, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2016
- Europe 1985, 1992, 1994, 2008
- Australasia 1987
- Asia 1996, 2000, 2008, 2015
- South America 2009 - 2015
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- Second generation computer professional.
- First utilized what later was to become the Internet in 1969.
- Developed simple programs in early languages including Cobol, Fortran, Pascal and various versions of Basic stored on punch cards and or paper tape starting in the 1960s.
- Worked on US Railway project in the 70s. Created early report generators.
- Began writing software for personal computers, 1982.
- Created Blue & Cyan Electronic Publishing, pioneers in distribution of electronic data, 1984.
- Founded Pay&Play Software to write and distribute one of the first CompuServe off-line editors in 1985.
Wrote ROBIE a Retail Open-to-Buy Ledger, 1987.
Designed Tip Pool, a Restaurant Tip Report/Payroll program, 1990.
Started publishing the highly successful Label Printer Pro Series, 1996.
- Sysop on Compuserve, GEnie, NovaLink. 1986 - 1996.
- Featured in In-Cider, Apple II magazine for work on that platform, 1987.
- Began offering Web Site hosting and development in 1994.
- Rewarded for being a leader in e-commerce development for sites using dynamic pages and data base integration, 1996.
- Founded MacTech Aspen to consolidate the Macintosh network and support consulting divisions of Blue & Cyan and Pay&Play.
- Founded Touchingo, to produce iPhone applications in 2008.
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Companies Once Owned by Dr. Reiss (Retired)
- B&C Enterprises
Buyers & Cellars Wine Consultants
Blue & Cyan Electronic Publishing
B&C Publishing
- Aspen Wine Program
Aspen Wine School
Aspen Wine Events
Corporate Wine Events
- 21st Century Investigations & Wine Forensics
- MacTech Aspen (Mac Training and Cosulting)
- Pay&Play Software (Mac Desktop)
TouchInGo Software (iOS Devices)
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