Michael A. Cimino - Sommelier, Owner - Cottage Views Restaurant Consulting
Author, journalist, and radio personality Michael A. Cimino (a certified Wine Captain with the Sommelier Society of America) is a professional restaurant consultant. Mr. Cimino is currently the owner/instructor of Cottage Views School of Wine as well as a volunteer at Rockland World Radio. com, where he hosts Cottage Views Classic Rock Music Hour.
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Author, and journalist, Michael A. Cimino is currently a Wine Captain with the Sommelier Society of America and a professional restaurant consultant.
In February of 2000 the New York Times hailed Mr. Cimino as a "master of accommodating guests and selecting wines," and he went on to speak at WOR Radio's annual Taste of New York alongside celebrity chefs Lydia Bastianich and John Halligan. He was appointed General Manager of the Park Steakhouse in 2004 and went on to win both the Award of Distinction (Wine Enthusiast) and the Award of Excellence (Wine Spectator) for the design of their wine list. In 2006 Mr. Cimino founded the Cottage Views School of Wine, utilizing the private dining room of the Lighthouse on the Hudson in Piermont, NY, where he personally instructed the classes. He was, once again, awarded by Wine Enthusiast for his work with the Lighthouse, and went on to design a new wine list for Restaurant Association chapter president Chef Anthony Mingone of Romolo's, in Congers, NY.
He continues to contribute to
Rock Society and sporadically hosts an Internet radio show on www.RocklandWorldRadio.com.
His current writing projects include Badfinger and Beyond - The Authorized Biography of
Joey Molland.
For more information please contact Mr. Cimino at cottageviews@aol.com.
photo of M. A. Cimino at WRKL copyright protected by Michael Cimino Archives