Recent
Speaking Engagements
Interview
on WLOS-TV
about French Broad Vignerons
and the Wine & Food Festival
7AM August 25, 2012
Asheville NC
ToastmastersTLI
Lite
30 minute VP Publicitytraining program
Mission Hospital Glenn Theater
August 18, 2012
Guest
speaker at the Asheville Civitan Club
30 minutes about Toastmasters
August 7, 2012
Seasonal
School of Culinary Arts
2-hour Presentation of the "History of Wine"
Warren Wilson College, Asheville
July
12, 2012
2-hour
Wine Evaluation class at
AB Tech, Candler NC
June
27, 2012
Tricounty
Community College, Marble NC
All
day seminar on growing grapes
in the mountains of WNC
9AM-5PM
BioForum
2-hour online class "Growing
the Raw Material for a
Grape-based Industry in WNC"
May 8, 2012
AB
Tech Community College, Candler NC
1.5 hour class on Vineyard
Design and Installation
April
25, 2012
Surry
Commuity College
United Southeastern Grape and Wine Symposium
1.5 hour lecture on Wine Etiquette
April 14, 2012
Cruise
Lecturer aboard the P&O Oriana
Wellington, New Zealand to Honolulu, Hawaii
Presented nine 1-hour lectures on sea days
February 29 - March 13, 2012
2nd
Annual Sustainable Viticculture Conference
Warren Wilson College
February 22, 2012
WNCW-FM
Radio Interview
Isothermal Community College
January 25, 2012
Mike
Moore Radio Interview
January 23, 2012
TEDxKatuah
speaker,
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, Rosman NC
November 5, 2011
"Wine
Etiquette"
WNC Food & Wine Festival
WNC AgCenter
August 13, 2011
"Growing
Grapes in western North Carolina" BioNetwork BioBusiness
Center of AB Tech, Candler NC.
March 16, 2010
The
Organic Growers School, University of North Carolina Asheville
campus, Asheville
NC."Exploring
Mountain Muscadine and Wine Grape Production." March
6-7, 2010
Winestyles
Asheville NC. Evaluating Red Wines. August 5, 2009
Region
VIII Toastmasters Convention in Greensboro NC as Special
Lecturer teaching Toastmasters how to toast. June 26,
2009.
INAAU
Conference, Orlando FL. -
Technical presentation. May 21, 2009.
Wine
Growers Confab in Marshall NC - How to select high-altitude,
cold-hardy grapes. March 25, 2009.
Special
Interest lecturer aboard the Caribbean Princess from New
York to Halifax, Canada. Sep 7-14, 2008.
Special
Interest lecturer aboard the Celebrity Galaxy in the
Mediterranean (Italy, Greece & Turkey) Also trained
onboard bar staff and sommeliers. July 20-Aug 12,
2008.
Special
Interest lecturer aboard the Royal Caribbean Empress
of the Seas from Norfolk VA to Bermuda. July 2007
Special
wine event at INAAU show in San Antonio TX. May 2007.
Home National Bank customer appreciation
event. Red Wine Tasting 101 and Wine Etiquette. March 2007.
Guest
lecturer on the Sapphire Princess cruising Australian and
New Zealand waters 14 days. February 2007.
Guest
lecturer on the Dawn Princess cruise ship on the Mexican
Riviera 10 days. December 2006.
After
dinner speaker at the meeting of Dine & Refine at
Bucky's Casino in Prescott AZ. November 2006.
Sheraton
Wild Horse Pass - training for catering staff in dealing
with wines.
Winestyles
wine shop - classes on wine tasting and wine etiquette
- quarterly.
Guest
lecturer at the Toastmaster's Spring Conference on
Wine Etiquette & the Art of Toasting. May 2006.
Guest
lecturer aboard the Sea Princess cruise ship for 2 weeks.
March 2006
Trilogy
at Vistancia
House
of Brews night club
Brewers
Connection
Sorelli's
from the Vine
McCormack Ranch Women's Association Luncheon
Chuck was hired to be a lecturer on a 4 day Food
& Wine Cruise. The American Queen paddleboat
left from New Orleans February, 2005.
