Description
Book SynopsisMaster the art of entertaining and cement lasting business relationships in the process You''re at a fancy downtown restaurant for dinner with a million-dollar business deal on the table. The waiter hands you the wine list. Now what? So much for that shiny M.B.A. and your powerful business connections. What matters right now, at this moment, is your wine IQand your ability to entertain this client in a way he''ll never forget. In Power Entertaining Eddie Osterland, Master Sommelier, and America''s foremost wine and food coach outlines dozens of power entertaining tips that can make anyone a more effective host or hostessbe it at a corporate business event or private dinners with clients in restaurants.
When it comes to hosting big business meetings or important sales events, you will discover how to entertain business clients and business associates with ease, knowledge, and confidence, using good wine and food as the ingredients to build strong and lasting bus
Table of Contents
Foreword Mark LeBlanc xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 1
1 My Definition of Power Entertaining 11
2 Toss (and I Do Mean TOSS) That Caesar Salad! 21
3 20 Secrets of Successful Power Entertaining 35
4 Power Pairing Great Foods with Great Wines 50
5 Your New Best Friends: The Sommelier and the Wine Merchant 65
6 So Many Wines, So Little Time! 83
7 Taste Wine like the Masters Do 133
8 Out of the Kitchen Closet: Coming Out as a Foodie 155
9 Power Entertaining at Home 162
10 Masterminds: From Wine Geek to Wine Expert 177
Epilogue: Taste Life Now! 183
Appendix A 185
Appendix B 189
Appendix C 191
Appendix D 195
Appendix E 197
Appendix F 199
About the Author 201
About the Collaborator 203
Resources 205
Index 207
