David McDuff

• Gender: Male
• Occupation: Wine Consultant
• Location: Philadelphia : PA : United States

About Me

After completing a Master's Degree in English Literature and subsequently spending the better part of a dozen years detoured into middle management for a Fortune 500 company, I finally landed a way to combine my passion with my living. That was the better part of ten years ago.

I now spend my days working the floor at a specialty wine shop in the Philadelphia area. When I'm not at the office, you'll find me teaching wine classes, conducting tastings and providing private sommelier services in and around the greater Philadelphia area. If you have questions or would like to enlist my services for your next event, I can be contacted at davidmcduff [at] verizon dot net.

In my spare time, I also manage to eat and drink my way around town. After "retiring" after many years of bike racing, I still try to get out for a spin fairly regularly, to stretch my legs and help counter the effects of all the other fun stuff. In between all of that, I express myself by writing about food, wine and related cultural phenomena at McDuff’s Food & Wine Trail.

Interests

• Wine
• food
• cycling
• music
• my dogs
• beer
• cooking
• travel

Favorite Movies

• Wings of Desire
• The Last Wave
• Brazil
• Rouge
• The Green Room
• The Matrix
• Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
• City of Lost Children
• Rushmore
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Favorite Music

• Miles Davis
• Sonic Youth
• The Who
• The Fall
• Lynton Kwesi Johnson
• John Coltrane
• Neil Young
• Public Enemy
• Frank Zappa
• Velvet Underground
• Radiohead
• Nick Cave
• Ornette Coleman