David Singer, Consultant

David is a highly acclaimed sommelier and wine educator with over 10 years of inventory management and education skills honed in some of the finest restaurants, hotels, and classrooms in the country. His experience includes assembling and managing some of the best wine collections in the world, including four Grand Award-winning cellars. Combined with a rare ability to communicate about the dynamic world of wine with passion and clarity to any audience, David is an invaluable oenophile resource. 
After passing the Canadian Guild of Sommelier’s examination in the top 10 percent of his class, David launched his wine services career in New York, as a sommelier at award-winning restaurants Felidia, Le Cirque 2000, and Veritas, followed by a position as Sommelier d’Hotel of the Waldorf Astoria, where he oversaw the wine program for the hotel’s five restaurants. From Manhattan, he was lured to a position as Sommelier d’Hotel overseeing all five restaurants of the Five Diamond Windsor Court in New Orleans. In Boston, where he is currently based, David worked for the Grand Award winning Federalist Restaurant, and later for Mantra, a cutting-edge French-Indian restaurant.  In 2005, he dedicated himself full time to teaching and wine consultancy with his company Libation Education.
David has earned the Court of Master Sommelier’s Advanced Sommelier degree (2002) and the accreditation of Certified Wine Educator by the Society of Wine Educators (2007).  He is also a Certified Spanish Wine Educator (2007) and an International Bordeaux Tutor (2006).

Accolades & Achievements

• Named best Sommelier (2000) by the New York Press
• Director of Education at Gordon’s Fine Wine and Culinary Center serving Greater Boston, recognized as “Best of the New” by the Boston Globe (2007)
• Praised in Culinary Concierge, Cocktail.com, EdificeRex.com, Food Arts, Host Magazine, Manhattan Style, New York Press, The New Yorker, Our Town, Times-Picayune and Wineskinny.com – Sommelier Pick

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