Christian Callec

Current

• Wine & gastronomy journalist at CALLEC CHRISTIAN PUBLICATIONS CULINAIRES (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Wine & spirits promotion officer / merchandiser at Sopexa
• Wine & gastronomy VRP / CHR sales & promotion at Miscellaneous

Connections

107 connections

Industry

Food & Beverages

Websites

• My Website

Christian Callec’s Summary

Wine & gastronomy:

12 years work as author (1 cheese encyclopedia, 2 wine encyclopedias), journalist (professional magazines NL / B), corporate & consumers copywriting for big companies like Metro group/Makro (NL) and SuperUnie (NL), wine consulting & scouting for different Dutch importers, marketing & advice for the CHR/Horeca...

1 year marketing & merchandising French wines & spirits in Dutch CHR/Horeca

10 years VRP sales wine & delicatessen (NL)

Christian Callec’s Specialties:

- Field & deskresearch, writing, international taster Concours Mondial de Bruxelles and more, scouting, consulting, merchandising, linking producers and purchasers, trouble shooting in international relations...

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

Gastronomy specialisations: artisan raw milk cheese, olive oil, cured ham and other meat delicatessen, traditional and regional cooking...

Christian Callec’s Experience

• Wine & gastronomy journalist

  CALLEC CHRISTIAN PUBLICATIONS CULINAIRES (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)

  June 1996 — Present (12 years 5 months)

  Writing articles and books about wine & gastronomy
  
  Specialism: wine, organic/biodynamic wine culture, autochtonous varietals, (nearly) forgotten varietals, styles and regions... raw milk artisan cheeses, delicatessen like virgin olive oil, cured Spanish and Italian ham, etc.
  
  Helping small 'boutique' wineries (especially 'bio' / 'biodynamic) on the Dutch export market / consulting for some wine importers searching for the right quality wines ('bio' / biodynamic).
  
  Helping wine (and delicatessen) promotion committees by translating documents from F or GB to NL...
  
  Helping wine (and delicatessen) importers from the Netherlands / Belgium by translating documents from NL to F ...

• Wine & spirits promotion officer / merchandiser

  Sopexa

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

  1993 — 1993 (less than a year)

• Wine & gastronomy VRP / CHR sales & promotion

  Miscellaneous

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; 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 Groups:

NVJ (Dutch Journalists Association)
FIJEV (International Federation of Wine writers)
Wine Writers Network

•    Wines & Spirits
•    Wine Business Network
•    Slow Food
•    Nikon Photo Group
•    Communicatie, Pers en Voorlichting
•    Champagne lovers!

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

Christian Callec’s Contact Settings

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