Qualifications

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

This wine appraiser and consultant has been a wine collector for over 25 years and a consultant since 1982. He is America's first, and only, tested, certified and accredited Senior Wine Appraiser. He is the founder of the National Rare Wine Registry.

CERTIFICATION

Accredited Senior Appraiser,
American Society of Appraisers.
RECERTIFIED 13 FEBRUARY 1995.

MEMBERSHIPS, Past and Present

Panel member, American Arbitration Association 1985

Distinguished Expert of the National Forensic Center 1982

Das Deutscher Wein Geselsfhaft 1982

Les Amis du Vin 1983

HONORS

Men of Achievement, I.B.C., Cambridge, England 1990

Who's Who International Du Vin, Paris, France 1993 & 1995

AUTHORSHIPS

"Wine Appraisals And The Roles They Can Play" Personal Property Journal, American Society of Appraisers, Vol. 1, No. 4, Winter 1988. Reprints available on request.

"Wine Appraisals, Why You Need One" -- Copyright 1988.

"Fine and Rare Wine Appraisers Certification Examination" (for the American Society of Appraisers)

TYPES OF APPRAISALS PREPARED

Arbitration
Acquisition
Bankruptcy
Charity Donees
Charity Donors
Disposal
Divorce
Fair Market Value

Fraud Detection

I.R.S. Form 8283 Requirements
Probate
Replacement Cost
Insurance Cases (arson, fire, freezing, flooding, theft, transportation, equipment failure, embezzlement)