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 Name:
David Dickson
Position: Columnist
Email: david@the-dicksons.com
Biography:
David Dickson writes Life is a Cabernet, a column about
enjoying wine (and life). Now an experienced oenophile,
David likes to tell the story of how he got into wine. "I
drank a lot of Mateus Rose, Liebfraumilch and Lambrusco
before I got serious about wine. At the time, that's what
most Americans thought wine was. We won't go into how many
years it has been, but I clearly remember my first trip to a
real wine store. I stood and stared at a wall of French
wine. I did not have a clue! Eventually I selected a bottle
based solely on its sophisticated-looking label. After all,
I didn't want the clerk to think I didn't know what I was
doing. I repeated that process five or six times before
finding a bottle that I could honestly say I liked. My first
attempt ordering wine at a restaurant was equally
humiliating. The wine list might as well have been in
Greek."
David has come a long way since then, but this experience is
the inspiration for his column. "I don't think you should
have to be a wine wizard to enjoy wine. I'm hoping Life is a
Cabernet will take some of the mystery out of the subject
and make it easier for the casual wine drinker to enjoy good
wine." As an adjunct to his column, David also has a web
site,
www.lifeisacabernet.net , with the same 'enjoy wine and
life' philosophy.
David is heavily involved with the community. He is or has been
chairman of the board of the North Harris Montgomery
Community College District Foundation, FamilyTime
Foundation, and Village Learning & Achievement Center. He
also serves as a trustee of Holy Trinity Episcopal School,
and is helping the Humble Independent School District
Education Foundation raise funds for an observatory. David
teaches basic computing skills to senior citizens through
the Academy for Life Long Learning, a program of Kingwood
College, and several times a year teaches an introductory
wine course through the college. Watch his column and web
site for information about the next wine course.
David has spent his professional career in information
technology. He currently has a consulting practice that
provides information technology management consulting to
small and medium-sized businesses. David's wife is Pam
Dickson who writes Out and About and who shares his love of
food and wine.
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