Few people are fortunate enough to take their love and passion for something and turn it into a career. Gourmet Wine Getaways’ Peter Kerr just happens to be one of those lucky people. His love of wine started when he lived in Europe and could enjoy tasting and learning about wines from the best wine producing countries on the continent. He later came to the US (to stay) and added the wines of California to his knowledge base (In fact, he has selected wines from Zaca Mesa Winery to taste and compare to the French wines on this AMA cruise).
Peter quickly realized he wanted to share this love, passion and voluminous information with other wine drinkers. It didn’t matter their level of wine expertise; he could and would talk with anyone who was interested in the broad subject of wine and wine/food pairing & do so in a way that was not intimidating. This eventually led to the creation of Gourmet Wine Getaways in 1996 where he serves as “The Wine Consultant” for wine dinners, tastings and wine-centric travel adventures on land and sea.
There are many people walking the planet that have a lot of wine knowledge in their head. But, it can be safely said that there is no one in that category who can make anyone feel more at home than Peter. If you are lucky, you will find a seat next to him and discover this for yourself.