Courtney Quinn
Courtney Quinn is the wine importer and owner of Our World, Our Community. Prior to being in the wine industry, she was a professional fundraiser for The Old Globe and Rady Children's Hospital Foundation. In 2009, she was on a vacation in Napa and started to ask questions about working in the industry. Upon returning to San Diego, she attended classes as San Diego State University Extension's Business of Wine program while still working at the theatre. Then, she took the leap...quit her job, put her house on the market and moved to Napa for the Wine Immersion program at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley at St. Helena. Towards the end of the immersion program, she was trying to decide what would be next and over the course of two days, 14 people, not affiliated with another, asked if she had considered Mendoza, Argentina. After four people suggested it, she took note and after the tenth she was looking at plane tickets.
Courtney's Professional Associations & Certifications
Courtney's Professional Associations & Certifications
- Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) Certified (Level 3)
- Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW), Society of Wine Educators (SWE)
- Certified Wine Professional (CWP), Culinary Institute of America
- Certificate, Business of Wine, San Diego State University
- Certificate, Wine Studies, University of California, Irvine
- Board Member, Women's Wine Alliance, San Diego
- Member, Society of Wine Educators
- Member, Guild of Sommeliers
- Master's Degree, University of San Diego
- Bachelor of Science, Arizona State University
