A Charleston, SC native Joseph has spent the past three years working under Amity Vineyards winemaker Darcy Pendergrass in Oregon’s Willamette Valley where he worked on all aspects of wine making as well as vineyard management also continuing his Sommelier training.

Prior to his time in wine making Joseph worked as Beverage Director and Bar Manager at then Ocean Grille on Hilton Head Is., SC where he began his training as a Sommelier. In 2011 he stared writing a quarterly wine review on the web site ‘theweeklycrush.com’ a wine reviewing web site started by those who work in the production of wine. He tries to review wines made on the east coast of the USA so to highlight the new place in the US where quality wines are being made.