About Us
The Second Glass is your unpretentious, badass source for baller wine information.
The Second Glass drops knowledge through weekly e-mails and events throughout Boston encouraging everyone to learn about and drink more wine. We empower our readers by enriching their knowledge of different regions, styles and techniques. Our goal is not to critique wine but explain the world of wine in a down-to-earth and humorous tone. It is our firm belief that good wine is not just for the elite. Good wine, like good food is available to everyone.
Want to read about all the interns that helped us get here? Check out the Intern Wall of Fame
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Tyler BallietPresident, Editor Twitter: @tylerb |
| Tyler was born and raised in Madison, WI then attended The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. After graduating in 2003 he traveled the United States and Europe, living for close to a year in a tiny town in rural France. It was here he decided, inexpensive but totally awesome wine was a good idea. In May of 2005 Tyler moved to Boston and got a job in a wine store. In the store he learned about non-French wine what not paying full retail value was all about. In August of 2006, while flipping through the latest copy of Wine Spectator on a particularly slow evening in the store, the idea for an unpretentious wine magazine hit him. After a three months, a few Craig’s List ads, a couple dozen meetings and hundreds of phone calls later, The Second Glass was born. | |
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Morgan FirstCo-founder, Marketing and Community Director Twitter: @morgan1st |
| Morgan was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA and headed to Boston for college to earn a degree from Emerson College in Marketing and Entrepreneurship. After graduating she started Motion Affair Planner (MAP) BOSTON a combination local city guide and planner that she printed for 3 years before switching her full-time focus to all things wine and social media. At Second Glass Morgan is the instigator and organizer of events as well as the press liaison. You can find Morgan back and forth between Boston and LA as Second Glass expands its empire. When not jetting back and forth between coats, you can find Morgan wandering the aisles of flea markets, most likely with her little dog Josie in tow.
The Wine that got me into wine: 2002 Salentein Malbec |
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Avery AndersonWeb Operations Director Twitter: @a_anderson |
| Avery was raised in the Willamette Valley of Oregon before making the 3000-mile trek to New England to earn her degree. She attended Olin College, a revolutionary new engineering school in Needham, graduating with a mechanical engineering degree that emphasized user-centered design. Even though she grew up on Oregon microbrew, Avery found a soft spot for wine during a semester abroad in Aix-en-Provence. She started attending Second Glass crash courses at Downtown Wine and Spirits, and loved them so much that she now applies her acute engineering mind and overindulgent love of wine as the Second Glass’s Web Operations Director. If you don’t want to stay up until the early hours, we wouldn’t recommend bringing any of these up in front of Avery: folding bicycles, Oregon, and the library. *Especially* the library.
The Wine that Got Me Into Wine: Table Wines of Aix-en-Provence |
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Anthony RoldanWeb Operations Consultant Twitter: @aroldan |
| After growing up in the suburbs of Boston, Anthony graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering from Olin College in Needham. Anthony’s father worked in a wine shop as he was growing up, so he’s been sipping on wine since a young age. A lifelong geek, Anthony’s been coding since elementary school and he’s incredibly relieved that computers and gadgets are finally cool. He loves working with technology that connects people, and he joined the Second Glass team as Web Operations Consultant after having an awesome time learning and drinking at Crash Courses and Wine Riots. When he’s not in front of a screen, you can find him biking around the city, sipping on cocktails, or improvising ill-advised animal fat-heavy recipes.
The Wine that got me into wine: Cases of $5 bottles at Trader Joe’s |
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Maureen HautaniemiBoston Marketing Director Twitter: @maureenhasalife |
| Maureen grew up in Connecticut and went to school in Boston for graphic design. Partly due to a brief stint as an intern at Second Glass and her restaurant expereince, she realized all her “art projects” were about food, wine and cooking. Joining a long line of people who don’t use their degree, Maureen found her true passion in events, marketing and the food and beverage industry. These skills were honed by managing a restaurant in Mission Hill, The Savant Project. For the past two and a half years she learned how to stay up late, drink men under the table, kick out drooling drunks and create a solid wine list. In the meantime she continued to attend Crash Courses, try Wines of the Weekend, get sloshed at Wine Riots and plan Guest Chef dinners. Finally tired of working nights (and drooling drunks) she came to Second Glass full time and helps to plan fun, awesome events all over Boston!
The Wine that got me into wine: The Show Cabernet |
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Missy RyanWine Riot Director Twitter: @heymissmeliss |
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Missy grew up in a little bitty town just north of New York City, where she got her professional start at a local ice cream parlor and coffee shop. While attending Syracuse University she moved on to serving Big Girl drinks, pouring shots of Jameson and vodka-cranberries for the college crowd. After graduating, Missy moved out to Los Angeles to pursue a career in “the movie biz”, but recently decided to return to her roots and find a gig that involved good people throwing great parties. She’s pumped to be joining the Second Glass team in LA and assisting with its Manifest Destiny – and looking forward to merging her stellar administrative skills with her passion for wine and showing people a good time. Favorite pastimes include frolicking in the ocean, perusing farmers markets, admiring strings of outdoor lights, and rooftop dining.
The Wine that got me into wine: Cakebread Cellars Sauvignon Blanc
Drunk Munchies: Chocolate Cake
If I only had to drink one wine for the rest of my life: Shiraz from Oz
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Holly GordonDesigner Twitter: @MissHGordon |
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When Holly was still in school at The New England Institute of Art and looking for internships, fate (Craigslist) brought her to the Second Glass office as the first and only design intern. With luck on her side and lots of hard work, she found her true love – digital illustration. After many glasses of wine and a more than a few projects under her belt, Holly is now freelancing full time. When she’s not designing, she can be found playing classical piano, organizing her bookshelf by color or cooking something vegetarian.
The Wine that got me into wine: The first time I went “holy shit” to a wine, it was a carmenere, but I don’t remember which one!
Drunk Munchies: Homemade Popcorn
If I only had to drink one wine for the rest of my life: Zinfandel Port
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Courtney DickersonWine Riot Coordinator Twitter: @courtd512 |
| Courtney hails from the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York. One of the most notable features of the Finger Lakes is that they are home to over 100 wineries on each lake, so naturally, Courtney began working at a local winery on Cayuga Lake: Hosmer Winery. It was here she learned the ropes of working at a winery and discovered a love for wine and tasting events. After finishing her undergrad at St. John Fisher, she moved to Boston to attend graduate school at Emerson College. She learned about the Second Glass after they visited one of her marketing classes and later joined the Second Glass team at the end of her first semester. In spare time Courtney can be found with friends planning adventures, watching movies and of course drinking some wine!
The Wine that got me into wine: Vignoles |
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Liz DemakosMarketing and Events Assistant |
| Liz, aka “Coach” is a recent graduate of Wesleyan University with a BA in Spanish and Iberian studies. A native of Buffalo NY, she boasts outstanding driving capabilities in adverse weather conditions and a weakness for competitive sports. She LOVES wine, dreams of living and working on a vineyard in Latin America, and has just recently embarked on a saucy love affair with port. When not off on outdoor adventures or beach-bound with a stocked travel cooler, you can find Liz peer-pressuring the Second Glass crew into shotgunning beers.
The Wine that got me into wine: Personal bottles of Cava in Madrid, Spain
Drunk Munchies: Pizza Bites
If I only had to drink one wine for the rest of my life: Hess Cabernet Sauvignon
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Sarah McCulleyAdministrative Assistant |
| Sarah came to intern at The Second Glass when she found herself in between the end of college and the beginning of “real life”. She received a degree in Film from Emerson College in December, which, among other things, allows her to be extremely pretentious in movie theatres (“oh, excuse me, do YOU have a degree in film?”). Sarah really became interested in wine after a visit to Litoměřice, where she managed to smuggle a bottle of Rulandské bílé into the States to be enjoyed upon moving into her new apartment. Her interest in wine really began to take shape when she began bartending in downtown Boston. When Sarah isn’t cooking or seriously getting her money’s worth out of her Netflix account, she enjoys getting lost in foreign countries, spending too much money on clothes and attempting to learn new languages. Some day, she hopes to replace that hack Samantha Brown on the Travel Channel (but she isn’t bitter or anything). The Wine that got me into wine: Litoměřice Rulandské bílé Drunk Munchies: Any glorious combination of carbs and cheese If I only had to drink one wine for the rest of my life: The local wine made wherever it is I’m spending the rest of my life…never underestimate the power or terroir. |
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