Arnie has been a wine aficionado for nearly thirty years. During his first visit to France in 1973, Arnie toured several French vineyards and began to learn about wine from wine merchants and collectors. Arnie has been consulting to restaurants about wine since 1987. In 1997, he opened his own restaurant, Avenue One. Avenue One was highly regarded for its extensive and carefully chosen wine program, winning four Wine Spectator Magazine Awards of Excellence and accolades from Wine Press Northwest, Seattle Magazine and other publications. Arnie is a Sommelier certified by the Guild of Sommeliers. He recently appeared in the video, "Wineworks: The Complete Video Guide to Wine," available in selected wine shops and book stores.

Arnie has been a guest sommelier at Taste Washington and he has been in charge of acquiring the wines for both the 2002, 2003 and 2004 Beaujolais Nouveau Festival at the Four Seasons Hotel, sponsored by the French-American Chamber of Commerce. Arnie was a guest sommelier at the 2002, 2003 and 2004 events. At the 2003 and 2004 Auction of Northwest Wines at Chateau Ste. Michelle, Arnie was a Guest Sommelier. He has been a member of the Seattle chapter of the Chaine des Rotisseurs and other food and wine organizations. Arnie also has been privileged to judge the Boeing Wine Fest for four years. This year, Arnie was elected to the Board of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the American Institute of Wine and Food. Arnie speaks fluent French and German.

Arnie frequently teaches wine classes and conducts wine dinners and tasting parties, both public and private. He also consults for restaurants and private collectors/clients on the West Coast. Arnie also has conducted tastings for a division of Robert Mondavi wines. He writes a monthly wine column on European wines for connectwithwine.com.

You may contact Arnie Millan at finedining7@hotmail.com
or at 206-612-6547 about the following services:

• Wine Acquisition and Cellar Building
• Sourcing hard to find wines
• Hosting Private Wine Tastings or Dinners
• Restaurant Wine List Consulting