Mark Phillips
America's Everyday Wine Guy
Executive Director, Wine Tasting Association

Mark Phillips is one of the nation’s most popular wine speakers. The main reason for his popularity is that he has such a humorous, non-snobby approach to wine that resonates with the wine consumer. He is the founder of the Progressive Approach to wine which is a modern and practical approach to wine vs. the Traditional Approach that other wine experts espouse. Because of Phillips’s approach, PBS asked him to host a wine special which aired in March 2006. The show, “Enjoying Wine with Mark Phillips” shattered all records by being aired on over 300 stations making it the most watched wine show in the history of America.

Here are a couple of clips from his PBS show:

Clip 1 - How to taste wine

Clip 2 - How to approve wine at a restaurant

Phillips has developed several wine related products including an 8 CD Audio Wine Course, a fun yet informative DVD, a Pocket Wine Journal and the Mark Phillips Wine Glass, the most elegant wine glass in the world.

Currently, Phillips is the Executive Director of the Wine Tasting Association (WTA) whose mission is to educate consumers about wine. Previously, Phillips was the featured wine speaker for the Queen Elizabeth 2's Wine and Food Theme Cruise and transatlantic crossing. He was so well received, the QE2 asked him to be the featured wine speaker on the Chef's Palate cruise the following year and co-starred with Julia Child for her last public appearance. He has gone on to speak on several other cruises.

Stories about Phillips have appeared in the Washingtonian, Washington Post, Washington Times, Marie Claire, The Hill and USA Today. And when ABCNews, Reuters News Service, Forbes, National Public Radio, FOX TV, PBS, News Channel 8 and the Smithsonian needs a wine expert, Phillips is called to give an expert's view. Phillips has been a columnist for the Washington Beverage Journal, the sole industry publication for retail stores and restaurants in the Washington area. He has been a judge at wine competitions and taught restaurant employees about wine. For one year he hosted a TV Show, "The Wine-oceros Show" on a Washington cable channel.