The Nightlife Sommelier LLC

		Wine Buying & List Management Services
		Restaurant and Nightclub Consulting Services
		Wine & Liquor Store Consulting Services
		Staff Training Services
		Wine Cellar Management Services
		Wine Education and Tasting Events
		Wine and Fine Beverage History Lectures
		Wine and Fine Beverage PR and Advertising
		Wine and Fine Beverage Tastings & Tours
		Jazz & Nightlife Tours
		Jazz and Broadway History Education
		Specialty Food, Tea, Herb, and Spice Sourcing
		Local, Organic, and Exotic Food Sourcing
		Historic Beverage Reconstitution Consulting

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or
To Schedule a Tour
or Tasting Event

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Contact Information:
monroe@thenightlifesommelier.com

Please Phone Closest Location:

New York: (718) 521-4993
Atlanta: (678) 701-4861
SF/Bay Area: (415) 830-8066
Boston/Cambridge: (617) 571-3309

Monroe James Lawrence holds the Advanced Certificate through
the Wine Spirits Education Trust (WSET), and he is currently a
Diploma of Wine student. He also holds a Certificate of
completion for the Artisanal Master of Cheese Program. He does
wine consulting & buying, cellar management services, as well as
conducts wine tastings and events. In his educational and
entertaining New York City Nightlife Tours he acts as your own
personal Tour Guide and Sommelier. Tours focus on alcoholic
beverages, food, as well as jazz, café society, and Broadway
history.

Monroe is educated in Business & Hospitality Management,
Political Science, Anthropology, Art History, History, Ancient
Studies, Egyptology, as well as History of Music and Film at
several colleges including Johnson & Wales, Brown, and Harvard.
Due to his extensive academic background and varied interests,
he offers a unique perspective of beverages, food, and
entertainment throughout the entire course of human history.

Monroe enjoys reading, watching/attending lectures, collecting art,
and philosophical debate. A lover of music, he can be found in
attendance at Jazz clubs, Broadway shows, the Philharmonic,
Opera, and Ballet. His family owned a successful
Nightclub/Restaurant and a working farm, that he managed. He
also worked at the #1 Wine Store in the Rhode Island market
and was the Wine Director for a store in Massachusetts.

Currently, Monroe is working on research for a book/lecture series
on the topic of “Wine as a Symbolic Motif in Ancient Myth and
Religion”. He is also currently involved with research of indigenous
and ancient beer, as well as research on the history of spirits, tea,
coffee, and chocolate. He also started selling his photography,
prints, and products at www.zazzle.com/nightlifesommelier*&
http://nightlifesommelier.imagekind.com/

Monroe has been described as charismatic, passionate, and
personable, and he offers wine education that differs from the
normal tasting method. He offers a broader perspective into the
evolution of beverages and food that enlightens the mind to
traditions past. Please contact him for more information.