Sat down with one of the veterans in the San Diego wine scene, Mr. Scott Rose. We talked about creating wine programs, his philosophy when it comes to tasting wines for his list, employee longevity, dealing with the changing demographic, and much more! The HospitaliTV podcasted was created with the intent of interviewing leaders in the hospitality …

Sat down with Amanda and talked about her journey into becoming a health and wellness coach, and later a life coach. With a deep background in hospitality, DJ'ing, and operating in the night life, we discussed being able to maintain balance, taking care of yourself, and being able to plan out your life with intention. This has been one of my favori…

Incredibly thankful for the opportunity to sit down and chat with my buddy Cesar Sandoval. He's exploded quickly in his role as National Brand Ambassador for Casa Lumbre Spirits. We chat about how he got into this role, how to develop new products in the market, best qualities he looks for in brand ambassadors, managing social media and much, much …

Sat down with Chris Wood of the Trust Restaurant Group, one of the most charismatic and welcoming individuals in the game. We spoke about his journey, people who have influenced his career, employee longevity, his speech for the USD men's basketball team, and a lot more. Please leave us a comment and tell us what you think!! Follow @hospitalitv on …

Very grateful to have had MAURICE DIMARINO, beverage director of the Cohn Restaurant Group, donate his time to do a seminar on: State of the Union in our Industry – how to be viable in an ever changing business through guest & staff engagement while managing a positive P&L. This is the 3rd installment of educational seminars around hospitality foll…

Today’s episode was a recording of a recent seminar delivered by Master Sommelier Will Costello for the Somm community in San Diego. The subject of the seminar was navigating the current marketplace, negotiating salaries, contract work, and proving your value as a somm from a dollars and cents perspective. This is by far, in my opinion, one of the …

In the episode I sat down with Jacob Mentel, aka The Cocktail Retriever, and chatted about his intro into his craft as a bartender, his mental health journey and some practices that we have both used to get out of a rut. We did this to focus on mental health awareness month, and it's the first time I've really opened up about my own journey as well…

SILVIA PHILION OF MEZCALOSFERA by way of MEZCALOTECA 🌵 Such an incredible experience to work with someone as passionate and knowledgeable as Silvia! The Mezcaloteca project is based upon supporting the local growers and facilitating their productions to market, while also serving as a biblioteca / educational front for the consumer. A true passion …

Full interview with good friend and Chef Phillip Esteban. Former projects include R+D chef for Consortium Holdings in SD, currently White Rice Bodega, Open Gym, Future is Color, Weapon Ramen, Wordsmith Bookstore and soon to open Wild Flower.By Rafael Peterson

This is the second part of a series of Winning at Beverage Programs recorded during SommCon 2019. In this edition, I got to sit down with Erik Segelbaum of SOMLYAY as he drops some incredible knowledge surrounding real life tactics that can be applied in daily operations. We talk about the true job of the sommelier, what most people get wrong in wi…

In this episode we look at a few of the myths in winemaking such as: do sulfites give you headaches? Does organic mean no sulfites at all? Are expensive wines always better than inexpensive wines? Are smaller estates always better than larger estates?By Rafael Peterson

Anthony Filiberti, winemaker at Anthill Farms, and Laurent Michit, co-founder of H. Mercer Imports and representing Domaine Rene Leclerc, talk all things Pinot Noir, winemaking, wine imports, wine marketing, wine critics, and. some essential info on Anderson Valley and on Burgundy.By Rafael Peterson

Welcome back guys! Here's a throwback to early 2020, when I did an educational introduction to wine for a small boutique hotel group in Baja California. Please let me know if you like! Bienvenidos! Aqui les dejo una introducción de vino que hice para un grupo hotelero boutique en Baja California. Porfavor díganme se les gusta!…

Guys in this episode I drop a quick few minutes on how to taste red wines. Everybody should have this basic understanding of wine. Check it out! I taste through Merlot driven Bordeaux, Rabble Red Wine Paso Robles Red Blend, Monastrell from Jumilla by Juan Gil, and Gran Passione Veneto Rosso. Don't forget to follow on IG. Please leave a rating for t…

Grape Choice Wine Reviews Episode 2 with Rafael Peterson - tasting Pinot Noir and other thin skin grapes #pinotnoir #oregonpinot #beaujolais #chianti #cotesdurhone #grenache #hospitality. Oregon Pinot, Beaujolais Villages, Chianti Classico, Cotes du Rhone The idea here was to purchase an inexpensive Pinot Noir and identify some alternatives to Pino…

Guys welcome to the very first episode of Grape Choice Wine Reviews!! The idea behind these segments will be to review every day drinking wines, mostly $15 and under, that you can buy at your local grocery store and get to know. I think with more conversations like these we'll be able to make better decisions on what type of wine we're looking for …

Got to sit down with Ashley Randall, Health and Wellness coach, and talk about techniques to stay healthy both mentally and physically in our, or any, industry!! Couldn't be a more important topic right now considering the mental pollution that is in our environment right now. Please listen and tell us what you think! @hospitalitv @ashleyrandallfit…

Got to sit down with Cristie Norman of Spago, co-founder of the United Sommelier's Foundation.By Rafael Peterson

Got to sit down with Stephen Kurpinsky, the current President of the San Diego Chapter of the United States Bartender's Guild. They have been incredibly active in providing a ton of support to the hospitality (not just bartender) community here in San Diego. It's been really inspiring and they are serving as a model for others who seek to establish…

An interview a long time in the making, I finally got to talk with Paul Grieco, one of the greats in Hospitality of our time. We talked about his introduction in to the restaurant business, his philosophy about hospitality, and how he is reacting to the Covid-19 crisis. I really believe this, along with the chat with MS Bobby Stuckey, to be one of …

Sat down with Maurice DiMarino, beverage director of the Cohn Restaurant Group, which has about 27 restaurants and some 1700 employees, most of them in San Diego.By Rafael Peterson

Free meals for anyone who is unemployed! Please share! (March 27th, 2020) . Johan Engman (@johansadventures), of @breakfastrepublic and @figtreecafesd, has his crew preparing dinner meals for you to pick up. Donations are awesome and encouraged by NOT NECESSARY. . Pick up is DAILY at Breakfast Republic in Mission Valley between 8am-2pm. The last th…

THIS IS IT. In nearly 15 years of working in the Hospitality industry this is probably the most insightful presentation regarding Hospitality I’ve ever heard. Something everyone needs to hear. Chefs. Bartenders. Restaurant managers. Sommeliers. Hostesses. Food Runners. Bussers. Bar Backs. Back waiters. Owners. Operators. This is coming at a great t…

Hi guys check out this episode with Ana Rato, the marketing director for Ramos Pinto wines from Portugal whose focus is Port wines. We talked about the process behind making Port and most importantly the blending for Port's with an indication of age. The wines are absolutely beautiful and the people who run it excel in hospitality, it was truly an …

Hey guys check out this latest interview with Chef Jason McLeod of Consortium Holdings (Born and Raised, Raised by Wolves, Ironside, Craft and Commerce, Morning Glory, Noble Experiment, etc..) in San Diego.By Rafael Peterson

Introduction to wine tasting.. as I listened to the audio of this late night last night after a long day I was stoked to hear how many gems Josh Orr dropped during this session!! Invaluable for anyone serving wine in ANY CAPACITY. We hosted a tasting on Thursday for a group of local industry peeps including Herb and Wood, Juniper and Ivy, Del Frisc…

In this episode I interview Master Sommelier Bobby Stuckey, one of the top professionals and practitioners of it in our industry. We talk about how he got started, what it was like working for the Thomas Keller group, who has influenced him, mental health issues in our industry, and being in inspiration to others in our industry. Bobby has given Te…

Hi guys check out this interview I did with Amanda McCrossin, the current wine director at Press in Napa Valley. Amanda is an incredibly active wine personality who in my opinion is delivering some of the best content online for people to follow. She goes by @sommvivant on IG and YouTube. You can follow along as she visits top wineries in Napa with…

In this episode we talk about the way her approach to wine education has changed over the years, failing at something literally hundreds of times to succeed, and creating a unique writing style.By Rafael Peterson

We talked about wine critics and scores, the original wine influencer Robert Parker, Gambero Rosso, best practices for wine influencers and living a gratitude mind set! Let me know what you think in the comments and please like and share the content if you liked it!By Rafael Peterson

In this interview we talk about Cristie's inspiration behind the creation of her first online wine course, longevity as a sommelier and keeping a positive mindset in this ever changing crazy industry!By Rafael Peterson

Check out my latest HospitaliTV interview with Erick Castro, the creator of the Bartender at Large documentary and owner of Polite Provisions and Raised by Wolves (which received cocktail bar of the year by Imbibe Magazine.) We talk about approaching new bar concepts, advice for new bar managers, and the creation of the documentary.…

In this interview we go in to what it takes to open a restaurant, when to get financing, managing employees, and staying humble.By Rafael Peterson

Check it out guys here's our very first HospitaliTV Round Table Discussion with an all female panel! Join us as San Diegans Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins, Frances Teraoka, Laura Kay J and Tami Wong shed some of their insights on their own experiences in the industry!*Huge shoutout to Herb & Wood Eatery for letting us shoot on location, and to Y-Knot Col…

Sat down with Augusto Ferrarese of the Urban Kitchen Group (Cucina Urbana, Cucina Enoteca) and we talked about running multiple locations as a beverage director, staff education, and hiring talent that is better than you...By Rafael Peterson

In this episode I sat down with Master Sommelier Peter Neptune, of Neptune School of Wine, and we talked about study habits, educating wine enthusiasts versus a team of sales professionals, and how he started his school of wine.By Rafael Peterson

This interview with Anthony Schmidt, bar director for Consortium Holdings in San Diego (Polite Provisions, Craft and Commerce, Neighborhood, Noble Experiment, Ironside, Born and Raised) was straight fire!! Anthony has so much to share and give to the bar community, there are so many aspects of hospitality that he touches on. I really hope you guys …

I am really excited for this one, particularly since it's my first interview ever in Spanish! Claudia Sandoval is the only Latina Master Chef, winner of season 6, and an unbelievable human being. We talked about her experience on the show, managing her personal brand, raising a child amongst all this, and most importantly, there were a lot of laugh…

Sat down to talk hospitality with the beverage director for the Cohen Restaurant Group, Maurice DiMarino. He's got so much practical advice in this episode for thinking outside of the box in your career, motivating and incentivizing staff members in all positions, creating experience based dining memories, and so much more... let us know what you t…

I had a blast sitting down with one of the pioneers in the San Diego dining scene, Mister Bertrand Hug. He started his restaurant career in 1973 as managing partner of Le Cote d'Azur, and later went on to own Mister A's in Bankers Hill and Mille Fleur in Ranch Santa Fe.By Rafael Peterson

Master Sommelier Chris Blanchard talks about creating a world class wine list, opening a fried chicken restaurant and creating relationships between buyers and vendors.By Rafael Peterson

In this episode I sat down with MS Will Costello to talk about managing venues with multiple outlets, study habits for higher level examinations, and life! Original interview date March 2018.By Rafael Peterson

Sat down with Andre Hueston Mack to talk about his experience as sommelier at The French Laundry, opening Per Se, using social media as a tool for customer engagement in the hospitality business, an and other things! What an absolutely amazing individual!By Rafael Peterson