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Higor Valle on Building Wine Programs for Miami's Top Restaurants and Why the Beverage Industry Is at a Crossroads
🎙️ From 7-Eleven Cashier to Corporate Wine Director: Higor Valle's Journey From Brazil to Mr. Hospitality Miami
Higor Valle, corporate wine director at Mr. Hospitality Group in Miami and founder of Wise Cellar consulting, shares his journey from arriving in Naples, Florida at 18 on a J1 visa and discovering his job had been canceled before he even landed, through a series of chance encounters that led him from a 7-Eleven cash register to busboy to sommelier after a single sip of 1995 Chateau Margaux, through building wine programs at multi-concept restaurant groups, surviving Hurricane Ian…
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