Sergio Ramos - Certified Specialist of Wine - Consultant and Educator

Sergio Ramos - Certified Specialist of Wine - Consultant and Educator Sergio Ramos, CSW - Certified Specialist of Wine
Wine Consultant and Educator
Available for Private Tasting To honor. To accompany. Cheers!
-Sergio

Wine has been an integral part of my life for as far back as I can remember. Let me paint the picture with the following memories! Family gatherings with jugs scattered around the table, surrounded by food and good times. Aunts, uncles, cousins....birthdays, summer cookouts, and weekend visits. Vacations on the east end of Long Island, passing farms, pumpkin patches, and vines. Growing up in a hom

e heavily influenced by my parents Portuguese and Brazilian traditions, as well as being blessed with grandparents and an aunt living with us as well. Friends of my father dropping off bottles of homemade wine around the holidays. With every passing celebration, and even those of somber remembrance, wine found itself making an appearance: To toast. Once I was able to start exploring my journey into wine, visits to vineyards and wineries started occurring rather frequently. We were blessed to have some of the finest east coast winemakers within an hour and half drive of us. I’d get lost in the various iterations grapes took, as winemakers tweaked their craft in search of perfection. Long Island was teeming with vines, and as years passed, new vineyards would pop up for tastings. I soon fell in love with wine being produced out on the East End. A sense of pride began to consume me. Something so beautiful, intense, and complex, which I had no true understanding about, began to take hold. After years of growing up in NY, a move to North Carolina was in the cards. As I found myself reinventing my life a bit, I needed a way to busy myself. Prior to the move, I had been working in the music industry for years. Coming to North Carolina provided a blank slate for exploration. What happened next was unexpected, but looking back, it made total sense. As I walked past a wine store, a Now Hiring sign caught my eye. I walked in, applied, and was hired on the spot. Thus began my absolute dive head first into my new life path. Several years later, and a few wine shop jobs removed, I landed at Bar Brunello in downtown Durham. Prior to this, I had taken the necessary steps to become a Certified Specialist of Wine through the Society of Wine Educators. Without any intentions, I turned a love I had into a career. Who knows what the future may hold! I don’t know where this journey will take me. What I can say with certainty is that wine will continue to make new memories for me, just as it has done countless times before. I’m glad you’re joining in for the ride, and look forward to creating new ones with you all.

Stay warm, peeps. 🍇 - Petit Verdot👨‍🌾 - 🧭 - Long Island - North Fork - Mudd West Vineyard🗓️ - 2017
01/31/2026

Stay warm, peeps.

🍇 - Petit Verdot
👨‍🌾 -
🧭 - Long Island - North Fork - Mudd West Vineyard
🗓️ - 2017

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This. Is. Otherworldly. A 2001 single plot Baga from that’s truly indicative of the quality Portugal can and does deliver. Bramble, plum, cherry….Twizzlers! Crunchy leaves. Pencil shavings. Tannins are persistent but so silky given the age. This is at its absolute peak, and I’m going to be sad to see this one go.

Beyond thrilled to finally make it out here, especially after this emotionally taxing year for WNC. Beautiful wines and ...
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Rosé yes and please and thank you.
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Drink good wine. Eat good burgs & dawgs.
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A proper way to start off this week in Arizona. A great tasting at with Marco, who was fantastic throughout the entire...
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I don’t need to explain my art to you, Just pour me more wine.
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I don’t need to explain my art to you,

Just pour me more wine.

.piteira.amareleja Piteira Alentejo Talha Branco🍇 Roupeiro e Diagalves🏺Aged in Talha
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.piteira.amareleja
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🍇 Roupeiro e Diagalves
🏺Aged in Talha

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Sometimes the best wine hangs are the ones you don’t plan.

Great chatting and imbibing alongside of at , as well as .dogg and

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