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Master Sommelier Fred Dexheimer is an award winning
sommelier and mixologist. He is the founder of Juiceman
Consulting a restaurant, wine, spirits and events consulting
agency.
Fred has spent the last ten years of his career working in NYC.
He started his career in NYC with stocking the cellar for the
Grand Award Winning Wine Program at Restaurant Daniel,
bartending and stocking the cellar as a “cellar rat” at
Gramercy Tavern which lead to an opportunity to become a
Sommelier and Beverage Manager with the Jean Georges
Group. In 2004 Fred joined highly esteemed Chef Laurent
Tourondel as the opening Sommelier for BLT Steak. In 2005 BLT
Steak expanded their culinary wings and opened BLT Fish and
BLT Prime. As the BLT Restaurant Group grew quickly into seven
states plus Puerto Rico and Hong Kong, so did Fred’s
responsibilities as the National Wine and Beverage Director,
creating and supervising BLT’s internationally acclaimed wine
and beverage programs globally.
Over his career Fred has been awarded a number of
accolades including awards from Wines and Spirits, Starwine,
and Star Chefs. In 2007 Fred passed the rigorous Court of
Master Sommeliers Master Level Exam becoming the 79th
Master Sommelier in the United States. This achievement is the
top accreditation in the wine and service industry. In addition,
Fred has competed in many sommelier competitions including
the “Best Sommelier in World Competition” as the
representative from the United States in 2007 in Rhodes,
Greece.
He has offered his expertise and experience to many of the
world’s leading wine publications as a taster, commentator,
contributor and panelist. His credits include The New York
Times, Food and Wine, Wine and Spirits, Wine Spectator,
Beverage Media, Food Arts, Sommelier Journal and Wine
Enthusiast. He has also been featured in many of the world’s
leading lifestyle publications including Time Magazine, Men’s
Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Newsweek and People Magazine and
has been featured live on Martha Stewart Radio and MSNBC.
Additionally, Fred is an accomplished mixologist and cocktail
enthusiast. He has had several of his cocktail creations
published in The New York Times, Food and Wine, Bon Appetit,
People Magazine, Cosmopolitan and Bill Hamilton’s Shaken
and Stirred.
sommelier and mixologist. He is the founder of Juiceman
Consulting a restaurant, wine, spirits and events consulting
agency.
Fred has spent the last ten years of his career working in NYC.
He started his career in NYC with stocking the cellar for the
Grand Award Winning Wine Program at Restaurant Daniel,
bartending and stocking the cellar as a “cellar rat” at
Gramercy Tavern which lead to an opportunity to become a
Sommelier and Beverage Manager with the Jean Georges
Group. In 2004 Fred joined highly esteemed Chef Laurent
Tourondel as the opening Sommelier for BLT Steak. In 2005 BLT
Steak expanded their culinary wings and opened BLT Fish and
BLT Prime. As the BLT Restaurant Group grew quickly into seven
states plus Puerto Rico and Hong Kong, so did Fred’s
responsibilities as the National Wine and Beverage Director,
creating and supervising BLT’s internationally acclaimed wine
and beverage programs globally.
Over his career Fred has been awarded a number of
accolades including awards from Wines and Spirits, Starwine,
and Star Chefs. In 2007 Fred passed the rigorous Court of
Master Sommeliers Master Level Exam becoming the 79th
Master Sommelier in the United States. This achievement is the
top accreditation in the wine and service industry. In addition,
Fred has competed in many sommelier competitions including
the “Best Sommelier in World Competition” as the
representative from the United States in 2007 in Rhodes,
Greece.
He has offered his expertise and experience to many of the
world’s leading wine publications as a taster, commentator,
contributor and panelist. His credits include The New York
Times, Food and Wine, Wine and Spirits, Wine Spectator,
Beverage Media, Food Arts, Sommelier Journal and Wine
Enthusiast. He has also been featured in many of the world’s
leading lifestyle publications including Time Magazine, Men’s
Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Newsweek and People Magazine and
has been featured live on Martha Stewart Radio and MSNBC.
Additionally, Fred is an accomplished mixologist and cocktail
enthusiast. He has had several of his cocktail creations
published in The New York Times, Food and Wine, Bon Appetit,
People Magazine, Cosmopolitan and Bill Hamilton’s Shaken
and Stirred.
