{"id":1,"name":"Tim Vandergrift","url":"","description":"I\u2019m an authority on consumer-produced alcohol beverages, what most folks refer to as \u2018homemade\u2019 wine, beer, mead, sake. For more than two decades I helmed the Technical Services department for first one and then the other of the world\u2019s largest consumer beverage companies (RJ Spagnol\u2019s and Global Vintners). \u2018Technical Services\u2019 makes it sound like I was in IT, but it was the only title that really fit the job I did. Mainly I talked, lectured and wrote about wine and beer making, wine, kit wine technology and applications, and anything else that people will sit still and listen to, and I did promotions and marketing and helped design and set up homebrew shops and On-Premise operations across Canada and the USA.\r\n\r\nNowadays I\u2019m an independent consultant to the industry, doing much the same things as before, but as a freelance type guy\u2013I\u2019m always late for work and my boss is a slave-driver. \r\n\r\nMy usual writing style is pretty loose, and I can never stay on topic (my wife says I have undiagnosed ADD) so if you\u2019re reading here, please join me in hoping for the best. I\u2019ll be blogging about stuff I\u2019m doing, beer, wine, food, cooking, drinking, eating . . . come to think of it, if you can ferment it, cook it, eat it, or drink it, I\u2019ll pretty much be interested in it. Label me a professional hedonist, I think it fits.","link":"http:\/\/www.timvandergrift.com\/?author=1","slug":"tim-vandergrift","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c2143a833587657902968e1c15d268bd3b27eb271b6fcb8be9c33623dce46fca?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c2143a833587657902968e1c15d268bd3b27eb271b6fcb8be9c33623dce46fca?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c2143a833587657902968e1c15d268bd3b27eb271b6fcb8be9c33623dce46fca?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.timvandergrift.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.timvandergrift.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}