#63 Rebecca Conley – Sommelier and Business Woman
Rebecca Conley is a Sommelier and today she joins me on the podcast to talk everything about wine! We discuss her early career as an international model, falling in love with the wine process, what makes Texas special for wine and she gives us some recommendations to go try. Enjoy!
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Topics:
(2:22) – Rebecca’s background and modeling career
(9:08) – What’s one lesson that sticks with you from your time modeling?
(12:30) – What happened when you got out of modeling?
(14:55) – Getting into the wine industry & working in New York Hospitality
(18:08) – Where did your early maturity come from?
(22:24) – Moving back to Texas from New York & becoming a sommelier
(28:40) – Wine 101
(34:20) – Rebecca’s career in wine
(37:45) – What makes Napa more ideal than Texas for wine?
(40:16) – Older wine is more expensive because there’s less of it
(41:43) – Restaurants and wine
(45:41) – “How you order wine tells so much about you”
(48:58) – Rebecca’s business she’s building: J.W. Hardin
(56:41) – Rebecca’s wine recommendations & wrap up
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