Wes Hagen, early 50's dude in a blue sweater and longish grey hair holds a bottle of wine.

Wes Hagen - (805) 450-2324 OR we******@***il.com

  • Wine grower, winemaker, wine marketer, sales, wine education with thirty years of experience
  • WSET 2+, taught college-level wine and food pairing for 20+ years at Allan hancock College, Cal Poly SLO, Vintner’s Institute, San Francisco Wine School, Napa Valley Wine Academy
  • Researched, wrote, and had approved 4 American Viticultural Area petitions
  • 20 Years vineyard manager, Clos Pepe Vineyards
  • 20+ years winemaker: Clos Pepe, Babcock Vineyards, J. Wilkes
  • Lecturer on wine, vineyards, tasting, wine history: 30 years.  Lectured at CalTech, Smithsonian, Cornell, Cal Poly, ESRI, V is for Vino, hundreds of other venues.  Nominated for TED talk on wine history
  • 25 year column on winegrowing: WineMaker Magazine, West Coast Editor for Sommelier Journal, written wine articles for Los Angeles Times Magazine and Burgundy Report.
  • Passionate and entertaining delivery

Goal: To give hospitality and wine service the tools to be passionate ambassadors for flavor, food, wine and increasing sales and customer satisfaction.

Chanda, a woman with red hair wearing black and grey, sitting in her wheelchair. Kestrel, Service Dog, Black Lab, standing next to her looking up.

Chanda Hagen - (805) 450-2324 OR we******@***il.com

  • 15 years experience in professional wine production, brand building, wine hospitality, vineyard management, promotion, wine club, wine presentation
  • 20+ years as a disability advocate and educator
  • 20+ years service dog experience involved with a SD non-profit, training/handling service dogs, teaching service dog law and reducing liabilty for wineries and high end hospitality

Goal: To help the disabled community find hospitality venues (hotels, tasting rooms, bars, restaurants) that support and celebrate them, increasing opportuntites for disabled people, service dog safety, and customer engagement and liability protection and profitability for businesses.