Diana first got the idea to offer private Wine Tastings after her father foisted upon her a copy of Howard Schultz' "Pour Your Heart Into It." Schultz, creator of the Starbucks behemoth, came to envision a bristling Seattle coffee scene after visiting Italy, where he found people who like coffee really liked to talk about coffee.

As a wine professional, Diana has found that people who like wine really like to talk about wine. After all, in the words of Baudelaire, "Wine is bottled poetry." Though the average Jane might not have all the buzzwords to express herself, wine, in all its hedonistic, multi-faceted glory, begs discussion. And there's no better way to get people talking than laying before them a flight of bottled poetry!

Diana conducts custom Wine Tastings for both private and corporate wine curios. For private parties, spending an hour with the Wine Goddess is a lively way to whet the "wine whistle" and inspire a solid understanding of wine and its myriad virtues.

Booking the Wine Goddess for your next corporate function is a creative, innovative and fashionably lubricated way to break the ice and encourage interaction. And with only minimal luck, your colleagues will go home with functional knowledge to put to test the next time they're staring down a restaurant wine list.

Lastly, did we mention Diana is fun? Oh, because she is!