San Francisco Wine Center is a twist on the usually functional business of storing and keeping collectors' wines. Open to individual wine lovers as well as groups of people, San Francisco Wine Center actively encourages its members to meet, taste and learn more about wine in SFWC's two tasting rooms at their Bryant Street facility in an up-and-coming neighborhood with an industrial chic far different than the buttoned-down atmosphere of more corporate wine facilities.
"I worked for four years as a Legislative Assistant and Campaign Manager for New Jersey Senator and presidential candidate Bill Bradley when I was first out of school," says Brian McGonigle, who is responsible for the Center’s wine selections, wholesale distribution, finance, and business development. "Politics, like the wine industry is about bringing people together around common interests." For more about Brian, click here
Paolo Mancini, who runs the San Francisco Wine Center’s operations, events, marketing and sales, is fluent in Italian. He had long experience customizing Italian wine tours for his friends and business clients before grasping that the Mediterranean zest for life and respect for the wine growing tradition could be replicated by nurturing an innovative wine storage and hospitality business. For more about Paolo, click here