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Meet Jennifer Rosen, Cork Jester

Winner of the 2005 James Beard Award for Internet Writing on Food, Restaurant, Beverage or Nutrition, and 2003 finalist for Jacob's Creek International Best Drinks Writer, Jennifer is the author of, Waiter, There’s a Horse in My Wine, and The Cork Jester's Guide to Wine, both winners of Gourmand World Cookbook Awards for Wine Literature. Her weekly wine column, called "hilarious," "informative," and "the very essence of wine fun," appears in the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, CO, a network of papers across the nation, and is read around the world by over 45,000 subscribers to her Internet newsletter.

Jennifer's byline also appears in Wine Enthusiast, The Beverage Network, Wine Country International, Drinks, Wines and Vines, Every Day with Rachel Ray, Broughton Quarterly, Fine Art Registry, The New Zealand Winepress, The Independence Institute and The Wine Club Newsletter.

An acclaimed and entertaining educator, Jennifer's seminar topics range from Secrets of Blind Tasting to Wine & Sex. She partnered with Microsoft to develop interactive software and a series of wine seminars for CEOs around the country. Other clients include Merrill Lynch, The Escoffier Society, Zachys Wine, Immedient Corporation, Beaulieu Vineyards, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, and the Denver Art Museum. She makes regular radio appearances on nationally syndicated Pierre Wolfe’s The Good Life, and the Mike Rosen Show.

An Advanced Sommelier with the International Wine Guild, distinguished member of the Confrerie Saint-Etienne d'Alsace and dishonorary member of the Mystic Knights of the Vine, Jennifer lives in Denver, CO, and travels frequently to wine regions around the world, where she speaks French and Italian, stutters Spanish and German and has begun destroying Arabic. She is a certified ski instructor, horse trainer, and handwriting analyst, and works off the job perks with belly dance, tightrope and trapeze.

Recent Achievements:
2007 Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Best Wine Literature

2006 Men's Health Magazine names Corkjester.com one of their two favorite wine sites.

2005 James Beard Award for Best Internet Writing on Food, Restaurant, Beverage or Nutrition: Winner.

2005 Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Best Wine Literature

2005 Writer’s Digest International Book Awards: Honorable Mention.

2005 Independent Publisher Book of the Year Award: Finalist

2005 Baker & Taylor Notable Book Selection.

2005 Champagne Pannier Wine Author of the Year

2005 Enologue Member Confrerie St Etienne Alsace

2005 Honorary Member Mysic Knights of the Vine

2004 World Food Media Best Drink Journalist Award: Finalist.

Member:

Fédération Internationale des Journalistes et Ecrivains des Vins et Spiritueux

Circle of Wine Writers

Association of Food and Wine Journalists

Academy of Wine Communications

International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association

Founding Member:

WIne Century Club

Wine Writer's Network

Copyright 2007. All rights reserved.

Photo of Jennifer:
Ford Stockton McClave
Denver, CO USA 303-394-3673