Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to Episode 1306 on Italian Wine Podcast, today on Masterclass US Wine Market With Juliana Colangelo she will be interviewing Jermaine Stone. More About today’s guest: A Bronx native, cru luv wine's president and CEO Jermaine stone was raised worlds away from wine country with plans to become a rapper. by age 19 he had already made appearances on XM radio, bet and hot 97, and had the attention of prominent figures in music including Chris Lighty and LL Cool J. A temporary job packing boxes in the shipping department at Zachys wine auctions, though, persuaded him to make a career in fine wine. there, Jermaine would begin an accomplished 9-year career with them, learning the intricacies of fine wine warehousing and shipping, client service, and auctioneering. he rose to the position of logistics manager, overseeing the inbound and outbound transport of $60 million worth of fine wine annually. In 2013 Jermaine left Zachys to become one of the founding directors of wally’s auctions, the New York-based subs