Why everyone hands this CEO the wine list at restaurants
Not everyone can tell the grape variety, age and region of a wine – but advertising executive Michael Rebelo has the sommelier certificate to prove it. From the upcoming July issue out on June 28.
Mike Rebelo is chief executive officer of Publicis Groupe in Australia and New Zealand. He is 51 and lives in Rose Bay, NSW.
How did wine studies first pique your interest?
I was in my early 30s, living in Singapore, and got this marketing email from Court of Master Sommeliers. They had two Grand Cru sommeliers in town. So I enrolled. In a class of 50, I was the only person not working in the restaurant business, the only person in advertising and marketing.
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