Christian Callec

Current

• Senior wine & gastronomy writer at CALLEC CHRISTIAN PUBLICATIONS CULINAIRES

Past

• Wine & spirits promotion officer / merchandiser at Sopexa
• Wine & gastronomy VRP sales & promotion at Marnier-Lapostolle NL, Grandes Marques/Int. Marques, Oud & Hustinx...

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Industry

Food & Beverages

Websites

• My Website

Christian Callec’s Summary

- 12 years wine & gastronomy writer
- 3 books (1 cheese encyclopedia, 2 wine encyclopedias)
- hundreds of wine & gastronomy articles in professional magazines NL/B, corporate & consumers magazines for big companies like Metro/Makro (NL) and SuperUnie (NL)
- wine consulting & scouting, marketing & advice

- 1 year marketing & merchandising French wines & spirits in NL

- 10 years VRP sales wine & delicatessen (NL)

- 1 year Dutch Wine Museum Arnhem

- 4 years CHR/Horeca work in City theater Arnhem

Christian Callec’s Specialties:

- Field & deskresearch
- All-round articles about wine & gastronomy
- International jury member wine & gastronomy competitions
- Scouting, consulting,linking producers and purchasers

Wine:

autochtonous varietals, bio/organic, biodynamic, vini veri, amforisti, ... Lesser known wine regions and countries.

Gastronomy:

artisan raw milk cheese, olive oil, cured ham, delicatessen/gourmet food, traditional and regional cooking...

Christian Callec’s Experience

• Senior wine & gastronomy writer

  CALLEC CHRISTIAN PUBLICATIONS CULINAIRES

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  June 1996 — Present (13 years 2 months)

  Writing articles and books about wine & gastronomy
  Translating wine & gastronomy related articles from F / GB to NL or NL / GB to F
  Translating menu cards of top-restaurants from NL to F
  Translating technical sheets from F / GB to NL
  ...

• Wine & spirits promotion officer / merchandiser

  Sopexa

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  1993 — 1993 (less than a year)

• Wine & gastronomy VRP sales & promotion

  Marnier-Lapostolle NL, Grandes Marques/Int. Marques, Oud & Hustinx...

  (Wine and Spirits industry)

  1983 — 1992 (9 years)

  Selling and promoting wines and some delicatessen on the Dutch market

Additional Information

Christian Callec’s Websites:

• My Website

Christian Callec’s Interests:

Wine & gastronomy; Bio/organic & biodynamic; autochtonous and/or (nearly) forgotten grape varietals; artisan raw milk cheese; artisan/organic olive oil; organic/biodynamic gourmets products;

Christian Callec’s Honors:

Gourmand Award 'Best 2003 Wine educative book' in English - Rest of the World - 2004 for my 'Complete Wine Encyclopedia'.

Jury member international wine competitions CMB Maastricht 2007, CMB Bordeaux 2008, CMB Provence 2008, CMB Brasil 2008, CMB Chile 2008, Terravino Israel 2008, National wine competition Georgia (Tbilisi) 2006

Taster at the 'Berlin Tasting' in Amsterdam 2008

Christian Callec’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
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