Alpana Singh: Sommelier and "Check, Please" Host
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Alpana Pours!
Alpana's book about wine!
Alpana Pours: About Being a Woman, Loving Wine, and Having Great Relationships
Amazon Price: $1.89 (as of 05/28/2012)
List Price: $17.95
Read the story of this remarkable woman's journey to become one of the most respected wine experts in the country.
Alpana Pours is a unique lifestyle book with wine as the centerpiece. Since American women purchase and consume more wine than American men, 77% and 60% respectively, a voice is needed to help women understand that their busy professional and social lifestyles can be well paired with wine. Master Sommelier and successful television host Alpana Singh, 29, is just the person to help them do it.
Alpana is uniquely qualified to talk about wine, contemporary women and relationships. She spent five years as sommelier at a world-famous four star restaurant, where she closely observed the sometimes humorous, sometimes absurd, social interactions between men and woman at all stages of their relationships.
Readers will learn how to select wine when entertaining important clients, pair wine with food they and their partner are preparing together, choose the right wines for special occasions--weddings, anniversaries, bridal showers, a first meeting with a boyfriend's parents--and what wine to, or not to, order on a first date. Alpana Pours supplies tips on these and a myriad of other topics including "dating" and "dealing with guys."
Alpana on the web
- AlpanaSingh.com
- The official website of Alpana Singh
- What would Alpana drink? (Alpana's Blog)
- Alpana's blog
- Master Sommelier: Alpana Singh
- Alpana's Master Sommelier bio
- Check, Please TV
- Checkplease.tv is a network of video reviews and recommendations from real local residents of cities around the world. View video, post your own reviews, find dining recommendations, connect with people who have similar dining preferences to yours, and audition to be on TV and the web.
A Young Barack Obama on "Check, Please!"
Uncovered In The Archives
Alpana's Weekly Column
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Alpana Singh now writes a weekly column for the Chicago Tribune's Red Eye / Chicago Now blog. You won't want to miss her easy to read advice on wine for all occasions!
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Jhangora
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- I think she is very talented and beautiful. Would love to share a bottle of wine with her.
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