Wine Buying & List Management Services
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Staff Training Services
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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
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Local, Organic, and Exotic Food Sourcing
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monroe@thenightlifesommelier.com

Phone: 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.