{"id":7410,"date":"2021-02-10T04:58:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T09:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wine365.com\/?p=7410"},"modified":"2021-02-08T14:33:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T19:33:53","slug":"nick-daddona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/nick-daddona\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Daddona"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7410\" class=\"elementor elementor-7410\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-432346e7 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"432346e7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1cacd66e\" data-id=\"1cacd66e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a901d91 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"4a901d91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-wine-glass-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e91cc4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e91cc4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nick Daddona is behind Boston Urban Hospitality\u2019s wine and cocktail menus. He has over a decade of experience in the Boston beverage scene, including management of beverage programs at Legal Seafoods and the Boston Harbor Hotel. He is currently pursuing the Master Sommeliers diploma through the Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas; Nick always seeks to improve his knowledge as well as the knowledge of team members.<\/p><p>You&#8217;ll find Nick sourcing the best wine for the restaurants he works at, working on an exciting new cocktail, and educating staff. Nick believes in the power of service and hospitality to better serve guests day to day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-38815aa6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38815aa6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-50e78e46\" data-id=\"50e78e46\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13669bab elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13669bab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">1.\tHow did you get into the wine business? <\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bac1fa6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bac1fa6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"xxxmsonormal\" style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">I was always curious about wine\u2014I remember sneaking a taste of my father&#8217;s Carlos Rossi &#8216;Paisano&#8217; Red, which was probably my first taste. I was not fully exposed to wine until early in my career in restaurants\u2014I cut my teeth as a server and bartender around Boston, I then landed my first management job at Legal Seafoods, a New England-based group known for its robust wine list at reasonable markups. I was assigned to bring up wine by the bottle sales for the location and began training front-of-the-house staff. I was using the &#8220;Ask Jeeves&#8221; and &#8220;AltaVista&#8221; (back then) as search engines to find out the difference between Sancerre and Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. I would save the bottles to taste staff at briefings through weekend services. It was a time in which I learned much and dedicated myself to finding out why wines tasted as they did.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2193776d elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2193776d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">2. What are the most frustrating and rewarding parts of your job?<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-721bc133 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"721bc133\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"xxxmsonormal\" style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">The most rewarding thing about wine is connection. Wine connects people at so many levels\u2014food, culture, language, geography, even war. The look on the face of a person who makes a connection, be it in the dining room, retail store, or trade appointment: THAT is priceless!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"xxxmsonormal\" style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Politics and law in wine &amp; beverage can be maddening. Not even touching the ridiculousness of tariffs (re: Smoot Hawley anyone!?)\u2014regulation is confounding across the country. There are control states, states with publishing and pricing irregularities&#8230; so many laws which are not thought through! In my home state of MA, corkage is illegal almost everywhere\u2014something very surprising to a guest when they are traveling to Boston and looking to enjoy a birthyear bottle they bring to enjoy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-127736c0 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"127736c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">3. What is your most memorable wine experience?<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47b8f2c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47b8f2c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"xxxmsonormal\" style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">I was on a train platform with my wife Lauren (also a sommelier). We were in Burgundy about to board. Almost no one on the platform. Just then, a smartly dressed man in a brown suit with an umbrella and briefcase walks along the platform. I had met him the year before at a New York tasting, but I doubted he would remember me: it was Aubert de Villaine, the legendary head of Domaine Roman\u00e9e-Conti. Lauren and I spoke about it later, how the moment was surreal\u2014a cross between James Bond and Harry Potter. I have met many celebrities with the years on the restaurant floor, however that moment sticks with me even today.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7f09ae elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c7f09ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">4. What is an upcoming trend you see in wine?<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23ba8c9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23ba8c9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"xxxmsonormal\" style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">I predict the term natural wine will become better defined in the eyes of the consumer. Similar to the pendulum swing of the cool climate &#8216;in pursuit of balance&#8217; movement on the West Coast of the U.S., customer knowledge and perception will affect the natural wine movement. Low intervention and natural wine can be fantastic, but the trend that has happened seems to strongly reflect the need to have a racy and colorful label and a quirky origin story to sell wine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"xxxmsonormal\" style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Consumers are broadly demanding that what is in the bottle needs to be as moving as the package and history. I am excited to see what the category of natural wine does as it settles into its own. Over the last decade we have seen valley floor Napa Cabs lower their alcohol and the rise and plateau of the ros\u00e9 craze&#8230; I believe &#8216;natural wines&#8217; will find their place in the market, and the term will evolve to become better understood.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77cd640 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"77cd640\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Head-Shot-NJD-Lobsters.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7418\" alt=\"Nick Daddona\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Head-Shot-NJD-Lobsters.jpg 639w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Head-Shot-NJD-Lobsters-300x201-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Head-Shot-NJD-Lobsters-150x101-1.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Head-Shot-NJD-Lobsters-175x117-1.jpg 175w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Head-Shot-NJD-Lobsters-450x302-1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Head-Shot-NJD-Lobsters-270x180-1.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5974354\" data-id=\"5974354\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bfece02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3bfece02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NJD-Headshot-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7419 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NJD-Headshot-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NJD-Headshot-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NJD-Headshot-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NJD-Headshot-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NJD-Headshot-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NJD-Headshot-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NJD-Headshot-175x263.jpg 175w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NJD-Headshot-450x675.jpg 450w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NJD-Headshot-1170x1755.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NJD-Headshot-scaled.jpg 1707w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 683px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 683\/1024;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b0344b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b0344b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nick Daddona<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69a1873e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69a1873e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Beverage Director and Sommelier<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46ec1895 elementor-blockquote--button-color-custom elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--align-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"46ec1895\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tHospitality is about listening.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25ec8ecb elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25ec8ecb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">5. What is the best piece of advice someone has given to you? <\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56998273 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56998273\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"xxxmsonormal\" style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">I believe hospitality is the foundation of wine\u2014it goes much further than a dining room floor. It is in the trade, in wine retail, in the vineyard, and at the sorting table. Hospitality is about listening. Listen to your guests, customers, and clients; listen and then ask questions. Wine can be full of much hyperbole, but at its core, it is about communicating and connecting with other people. It starts with listening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86363c0 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86363c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">6. What is one tip you have for someone just getting into wine?<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34f39ed6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34f39ed6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">People are not born with great palates. Your palate is a part of you that takes many years to cultivate. Taste all that you can and engage with wine as much as possible. Look to it with an open mind\u2014be curious and have fun.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a51b539 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5a51b539\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcf9cb9 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fcf9cb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nominate someone for Wine Pro Wednesday:<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f7c1585 elementor-button-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-form\" data-id=\"7f7c1585\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;step_next_label&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,&quot;step_previous_label&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,&quot;step_type&quot;:&quot;number_text&quot;,&quot;step_icon_shape&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"form.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<form class=\"elementor-form\" method=\"post\" name=\"Nominate a Wine Pro\">\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"post_id\" value=\"7410\"\/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"form_id\" value=\"7f7c1585\"\/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"referer_title\" value=\"Wine 365\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-form-fields-wrapper elementor-labels-above\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-text elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-name 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