Frasca Food and Wine
Boulder, CO

• Frasca Food and Wine
• NoMI at the Park Hyatt-Chicago, IL
• K&L Wine Merchants, San Francisco, CA
• Miner Family Winery

A native Nebraskan, Jesse Becker M.S. began his wine career at 21 when he took a position as a clerk with a small wine shop in Lincoln. Jesse moved to California's Napa Valley in 2001 where he worked in the cellars of both Robert Sinskey and Miner Family wineries. During this time, he also poured some of Napa's top wines for Michael Chiarello's Tra Vigne Cantinetta. Jesse moved to San Francisco in 2002 and worked for retailer K&L Wine Merchants. He then took the opportunity to work the harvest for Burgundy producer Maison Camille Giroud in 2004 and returned to the US and settled in Chicago. There he shifted his career focus from retail to hospitality, working as a sommelier with restaurants Bistro 110, Charlie Trotter's and NoMi at the Park Hyatt. He committed to education and professional development and passed the Certified Wine Educator (CWE) exam in 2006.

In February 2008, he became one of only 168 people in world to achieve the distinction of Master Sommelier (M.S.). As an active member of the Court of Master Sommeliers, he participates in the exams and actively mentors aspiring sommeliers from around the country. As a frequent lecturer, Jesse conducts seminars and tastings for both consumers and the wine industry. He contributes to trade publications and his articles have been featured in Sommelier Journal and SOMMselections. He currently lives in Boulder, Colorado where he is a sommelier with the James Beard Award winning restaurant, Frasca Food and Wine, and a works as a consultant for Vintrust Wine Management and Cellarage.