Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to Episode 1195 in which Steve Raye interviews Steve Kreps, in this installment of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People, on the Italian Wine Podcast. About today’s guest: Steve Kreps has been a Navy Air Traffic Controller, manager for some of the largest wine and spirits companies in the country, founder of three successful businesses, the last of which is fine wine import, marketing and sales company Quintessential. He is a pilot, motorcycle enthusiast, outdoorsman, history buff, antique gun collector and, most important, a husband, father and grandfather. A full, and some might say unexpected life for a guy who grew up as the oldest of three children to a purchasing manager and a homemaker in 1950s St. Louis. This Missouri native with a definite “take charge” attitude and outlook on life attended the University of Missouri and served four years in the U.S. Navy as an air traffic controller and pilot during the Vietnam era. Fresh out of the service in 1973, Steve got his start in the wine ind