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Qualifications

Annie Edgerton, Owner

CREDENTIALS:

  • Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET): Level 4 Diploma in Wines and Spirits (2019)

  • Court of Master Sommeliers: Certified Sommelier (2014)

  • Society of Wine Educators: Certified Specialist of Spirits (2019) and Certified Specialist of Wine (2011)

  • Institute of Masters of Wine: MW Candidate since 2024

  • Appraiser's Association of America: Accredited since 2020

  • American Society of Appraisers: current applicant, Certified Member

  • Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) compliant through November 21, 2026

  • Dartmouth College: BA in English Literature (1993)

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Additional Certifications,
Memberships, and Experience

Fully detailed qualifications available upon request.

  • Society of Wine Educators, 2010-Present

  • Guild of Sommeliers, 2014-Present

  • Wine Scholar Guild, 2017-Present

  • Wine Century Club - Distinguished Member, 2018-Present

  • Certified Sherry Wine Specialist (2019)

  • Napa Valley Wine Academy, The Business of Wine Certificate (2020)

  • Wines of Portugal Academia do Vinho Level 3 Advanced (2014)

  • Tuscan Wine Masters Academy Certificate (2012)

  • Freelance Wine & Spirits Writer (1997-Present)

  • Television and Online Media Host for Wine and Spirits (2016-Present)

    • Creator/Host of "Broadway Buzzed™️​" and "Drinks with the Minx"

  • Wine and Spirits Educator (2002-Present)

    • Over thirty original formal presentations, for industry and consumers​; hundreds of personal clients

  • International Wine Judge (2016-Present)

  • Flatiron Wines & Spirits, NY (2021-Present)

  • Tribeca Wine Merchants, NY (2005-2006)

  • Phillips Auctions & Appraisals (1997)

  • Morrell & Company Fine Wine Auctions (1994-1997 occasional)

William H. Edgerton, Founder

CREDENTIALS:

  • American Society of Appraisers: Certified Senior Appraiser since May 1970

  • Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) compliant through February, 2026

  • Dartmouth College, B.A.

  • Editor-Publisher Wine Price File, 18 editions from 1998-2004

  • Author of "Taking On the Fakes: Advice From The Anti-fraud Frontline" in World of Fine Wine, Britain’s finest wine periodical, Issue 37, 2012

  • Featured and quoted in articles in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal

  • ​Interviewed for CNBC, BBC Radio Live, CBS Morning Show, Decanter Magazine, others

  • Helped establish wine auctions in New York as manager of the first ten wine auctions (including catalog preparation) for Morrell & Co., New York 1994-1995

  • Clients include:

    • Over a dozen prominent Insurance companies including Chubb, State Farm, and AIG

    • Numerous law firms, prestigious art consulting companies, and governmental agencies including the U.S. Secret Service

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