Consulting & Services

Because the wine trade is a complex market and because it involves people, terroirs, expertise, economic constraints, international development, trends, new consumers, technological innovations, climate change and other issues … the approach to this market is infinitely rich and requires up-to-date, hands-on and totally leading-edge knowledge.

Olivier Poussier benefits from 10 years of consulting expertise to his clients in three primary fields.

Know, Understand and Choose Wine

He develops exchange and partnerships, moves them forward and adds value to every equation between the key players in the wine business and his clients. He places his wine knowledge and experience at the service of challenging situations which involve quality, cost, marketing and logistics. In the scope of his consulting, he works on developing wine lists for the restaurant business and wine selections for commercial sites.

Working with the leaders in the world of wine, he also contributes to preparing materials for training trainers and creates content for teaching in the fields of wine-tasting, food and wine pairings and the evolutions in wines.

He also consults on wine-tasting, providing leading-edge opinion and sensorial analysis of wine, of the evolution from one vintage to the other – the potential, the suitability for clienteles’ expectations. Wine-tasting services can be done blind or in context, working with the vintner to take into consideration his or her global approach (development in the vineyard, in the appellation, land and cost constraints …).

Promotion and sponsorship

Many quality approaches require backing and support to make themselves heard. Olivier Poussier lends his expertise and his name in the gastronomic field to such initiatives. His title as Meilleur sommelier du monde 2000 (World’s Best Sommelier 2000) acknowledges his expertise, lending power to his support of a vintage year, a range or wines or professional material.

Olivier Poussier also consults on quality marketing concepts and outreach one example of which is the “Beer Culture” project on the theme of “promoting beer with food”.
These partnerships entail a shared philosophy and a joint approach to high quality and human values.

Capturing the emotion of wine and gastronomy

And because wine rhymes with friendship and fun, Olivier Poussier also shares his knowledge of wine and gastronomy. Working with corporations, he organises and conducts unique theme tastings. Subjects are carefully defined and prepared, and his bold choices, honed to perfection, are a source of surprise and delight, providing a new and fresh angle to wine-tasting. Olivier Poussier works with corporations in the gastronomy sector and in all fields – including restaurants, winemaking, cellars and communications agencies.

Examples of consulting work: Air France - BIVB - Clos des Augustins -Taransaud – Valade & Transandine - Ventealapropriete.com
Testimonial from Roquefort Société on an Olivier Poussier event

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