Our in-house sommelier profile!
Miss Elizabeth
Schweitzer is a Master Sommelier who began her professional life as a chanteuse. After finishing school at Berklee
College of Music in Boston, she moved to California for a change of weather as
well as career. She was was Sommelier at The Chronicle Bar & Grill,
overseeing an 80,000-bottle collection. This is where she forged her
friendship with Gus, Lud and Michael. She spent four years at the
Ritz-Carlton Huntington in Pasadena and formerly the Director of Wine &
Spirits at the Beverly Hills Hotel & Bungalows. Elizabeth has also
worked in wine retail stores and has sold wine from the wholesale side as
well. She was voted Best Sommelier in California, has traveled
extensively, been a wine judge for the Los Angeles County Fair and the Expo du
Vin. She was first runner-up in the Mondial Sommelier Competition.
She also does cellar consulting, speaks at wine dinners, has recently begun
writing and is looking forward to having her own television wine show.
When asked how she learned so much about wine, she simply states, "I open a
lot of books and a lot of bottles." Her approach to wine is a mix of
old-fashioned common sense and modern economics; "If you like wine, the it
s good wine." Her future plans will include more traveling and
writing. The message she emphasizes is that wine not be taken too
seriously. Elizabeth brings unpretentious and contagious enthusiasm,
passion, humor and a vast array of knowledge to the wine industry. You may
reach her at sommelier@cwcellar.com.