A Life Dedicated to Wine, Learning & Connection
Meet Cuvée Ray
If there’s one thing I’ve learned over years of studying and teaching wine, it’s this:
Wine becomes truly meaningful when it connects us, to each other, to the land, and to a shared experience worth savoring.
My journey through the wine world has taken me from formal studies to global vineyards and from restaurant ownership to inventing experiences that bring wine to life in entirely new ways.
‘Uncorked’
Cuvée Ray Uncorked grew from the simple belief that wine education shouldn’t feel intimidating — it should feel alive. What began as a wine academy has become a community for curious wine lovers who want to learn through experience, storytelling, and connection.
This isn’t about memorizing tasting notes or chasing scores. It’s about understanding the soul of a wine, the soil under the winemaker’s fingernails, the weather that shaped the harvest, the traditions passed down through generations.
Here, we uncork connection, one glass, one story, one shared moment at a time.
I’ve always believed that if you’re going to teach wine, you owe it to your students to truly understand it. That philosophy pushed me to pursue rigorous wine education, eventually earning my WSET Level 4 Diploma—one of the highest qualifications in the industry—along with my USSA Sommelier Certification, Certified Specialist of Wine designation, and credentials as a Certified WSET Wine Instructor at Philly Wine and through my own Cuvée Ray Wine Lovers Academy.
My wine career has unfolded through an insatiable passion for exploration: tasting in the cellars of Burgundy, climbing vineyards in Germany, standing on the ancient soils of Italy and Spain, and visiting other wine regions across France, Austria, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Chile, and the United States. Somewhere along that journey, I stumbled upon something unexpected—music and wine can be paired much like food and wine. That discovery led me to create Vintunes®, a patented, one-of-a-kind tasting experience that blends sound and flavor into harmony.
Over the years, I’ve also owned and operated the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence–winning Cuvée Ray Wine Bar and Restaurant, as well as a “virtual winery” that produced wines under my Social Cluster label. Through every endeavor, one goal has stayed at the heart of it all: Connecting Wine with Wine Lovers.
