Discovering Wines from the World's Finest Terroirs, Wine Tourism, Tutored Tastings, Consulting & Investing, Events, Non-Profit Wine Club
We help clients, from amateur wine enthusiasts to sommeliers… discover, experience and collect… small estate, elegant wines from the world’s finest terroirs. We specialize in educating clients by sharing our passion for rare and small production fine wines from France, Italy and the USA to clients in the Pacific Northwest.
Founded by Tara Abernethy, a passionate fine wine-lover and French culture expert, Tara offers dynamic wine consulting, wine journalism, collection building, a wine club and educational tutored tastings, while speaking fluently in three languages: French, English or Spanish.
At FreshTAP, we believe that a wine should taste exactly as the winemaker intended. When wine is poured through a tap, it flows through parts designed specifically for wine and never comes in contact with oxygen. The gas that pushes the wine through the tap is a special blend of 75% Nitrogen and 25% CO2. This blend preserves wine quality and freshness, so that each keg is good, from the first glass to the last. Wine-on-tap reduces the cost of traditional bottle packaging and transportation. By eliminating this packaging (bottles, corks, capsules, labels and cases), there is a lot less to ship and recycle, lowering the carbon footprint of the wine and hospitality industries.
Ron Kendrick founded Catalyst Development, Inc. in 1999 as a beverage consulting company specializing in operational support, technical services (e.g. quality assurance) and product development. He has driven North American innovation with leading edge beverage products and packages including the first beverage utilizing a nanotechnology delivery system, the first shelf stable soluble fibre beverage, and the first ready to drink beverage incorporating ribose.