Jeffrey Weissler Email & Phone Number | My introduction to wine happened at home in Yonkers, NY, just 15 miles north of Manhattan. My parents went to Europe 2 years in a row, and they brought home a new tradition of having wine with dinner almost every night. (My father would buy decent cases of wine from Zachys in Scarsdale at just 3.99 a bottle!) The first time I tasted wine, I spit it out and I hated it. But being kind of a curious, pushy little kid, I just keep tasting and trying stuff. At 16, I went to my friend Owen’s house for dinner with some classmates and his mythology teacher, Mr. Sorentino. Owen’s mother was a French chef, and she made a beautiful 5-course dinner for us all to enjoy. Meanwhile Mr. Sorentino brought 5 wines from his cellar to pair with dinner — one for each course. As he poured the wine, Mr. Sorentino explained why he chose the bottles he did, and we didn’t want it to end. Thus the secret Roosevelt High School Wine + Food Society was born. My friends and I regularly “conned” our mothers into contributing to a multi course dinner—salad, soup, entrée, dessert—and Mr. Sorentino paired wines to the dishes with wines from his collection. As a young adult I continued to explore wine and take classes becoming an original member of the International Wine Society in NYC. One day, after deciding I didn't want to be in the family typography business, I walked into Zach's, the same wine shop my father used to buy wine from all those years ago, and asked for a job. I went on to wholesaling in NY eventually becoming the #2 wine salesman at ?????. Eventually I partnered with long-established retailer Henry Ponzio of Suburban Wines & Spirits in Westchester and started offering wine classes on a large scale. We provided education and made it so unpretentious and so fun that people weren’t intimidated, and in doing that created a community. My time at Suburban eventually led me to organic and biodynamic wines so when Suburban sold, I left for the West Coast to be nearer to the California wineries I loved and landed in Oregon. I pursued my curiosity around biodynamic growing practices and co-founded Conscious Wines, a company that interviewed dozens of winemakers and created content around sustainable grape growing, ultimately defining 12 practices for organic and holistic farming with which to evaluate farms. Many of these winery relationships are still intact today; Jeff continues to support Cowhorn, Johan, Dominio IV, Brick House and Brooks, among others, in his Pairings Portland inventory.

Jeffrey Weissler

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Portland, Oregon, United States

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Pairings Portland Wine Shop

Owner

2013-03-01 00:00:00 - Present

Consciouswine

Wine Director, Wine Educator & Partner

2009-03-01 00:00:00 - 2014-02-01 00:00:00

Suburban Wines And Spirits

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1996-01-01 00:00:00 - 2004-01-01 00:00:00

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Jeffrey Weissler is a My introduction to wine happened at home in Yonkers, NY, just 15 miles north of Manhattan. My parents went to Europe 2 years in a row, and they brought home a new tradition of having wine with dinner almost every night. (My father would buy decent cases of wine from Zachys in Scarsdale at just 3.99 a bottle!) The first time I tasted wine, I spit it out and I hated it. But being kind of a curious, pushy little kid, I just keep tasting and trying stuff. At 16, I went to my friend Owen’s house for dinner with some classmates and his mythology teacher, Mr. Sorentino. Owen’s mother was a French chef, and she made a beautiful 5-course dinner for us all to enjoy. Meanwhile Mr. Sorentino brought 5 wines from his cellar to pair with dinner — one for each course. As he poured the wine, Mr. Sorentino explained why he chose the bottles he did, and we didn’t want it to end. Thus the secret Roosevelt High School Wine + Food Society was born. My friends and I regularly “conned” our mothers into contributing to a multi course dinner—salad, soup, entrée, dessert—and Mr. Sorentino paired wines to the dishes with wines from his collection. As a young adult I continued to explore wine and take classes becoming an original member of the International Wine Society in NYC. One day, after deciding I didn't want to be in the family typography business, I walked into Zach's, the same wine shop my father used to buy wine from all those years ago, and asked for a job. I went on to wholesaling in NY eventually becoming the #2 wine salesman at ?????. Eventually I partnered with long-established retailer Henry Ponzio of Suburban Wines & Spirits in Westchester and started offering wine classes on a large scale. We provided education and made it so unpretentious and so fun that people weren’t intimidated, and in doing that created a community. My time at Suburban eventually led me to organic and biodynamic wines so when Suburban sold, I left for the West Coast to be nearer to the California wineries I loved and landed in Oregon. I pursued my curiosity around biodynamic growing practices and co-founded Conscious Wines, a company that interviewed dozens of winemakers and created content around sustainable grape growing, ultimately defining 12 practices for organic and holistic farming with which to evaluate farms. Many of these winery relationships are still intact today; Jeff continues to support Cowhorn, Johan, Dominio IV, Brick House and Brooks, among others, in his Pairings Portland inventory.