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Tim McNally really loves wine.
He loves just about everything about it. He understands what goes on out in the vineyard, what happens in the winery, and then how the product develops in the bottle over time.
Tim’s curiosity about wine began 35 years ago, and he has been learning every day ever since.
Tim grew up in Dallas, graduated from Jesuit College Preparatory School, majored in Journalism at the University of North Texas, and has worked in the corporate world in marketing, community relations, association management and expansion, as well as Industrial development.
He moved to Louisiana, then to New Orleans, right after college, focusing his career as a writer, creative provider, manager, and account service executive for marketing agencies. In 1986, he opened his own complete-service marketing consulting company, IDEAS of New Orleans, Inc.
Even with a busy professional schedule, Tim always found time to indulge his passion for wine, taking courses, traveling to wine regions around the world, and attending professional and consumer events centered on the fermented juice of grapes.
Tim, each year, is invited as a professional judge to a number of competitions, including the Riverside, California International Wine Competition; the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition; the Sonoma County, California Harvest Fair Wine Competition; the New Orleans, Louisiana Wine and Food Experience Wine Competition; and the Sandestin, Florida Wine Festival Wine Competition.
Tim regularly lectures and does wine appreciation instruction at various locations, including the Auburn, Alabama University School of Hotel and Restaurant Management.
As a member and officer for a number of wine appreciation and fine dining organizations, including the international Chaine de Rotisseur and the allied wine society, the Ordre of the Mondiale, Tim is responsible for creating and staging events featuring fine cuisine and great wines.
Tim has served two-terms as President, and eight terms as a Board Member, of the New Orleans Wine and Food Experience. He also is a past president of the American Wine Society, New Orleans chapter.
He is the wine columnist for CityBusiness Northshore monthly publication, host of the weekly two-hour Wine Show on WGSO 990 AM, moderator and is a contributing editor of www.neworleans.com FoodFest Wine pages and Wine Forum, as well as serves the New Orleans hospitality industry as a restaurant Wine and Beverage Consultant. Through it all, Tim is enjoying sharing his passion for wine.
And that is the key: find something you enjoy and share the pleasures. Tim McNally does that every day.
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