Born and raised in Greenville, SC. Amy began working in restaurants when she was 15. She spent her early 20s working in Chicago for Lettuce Entertain You restaurant group where she studied and became a certified Sommelier. She returned to her hometown in 2019 and became the Wine Director for Halls Chophouse Greenville. Amy has a degenerative eye disease called Retinitis Pigmentosa that has slowly impaired her vision over time. After grappling with and accepting her vision loss, she created her own company called Pocket Somm, and ventured out on her own. Pocket Somm is a personal Sommelier company at your fingertips. It offers services such as a wine program consulting, personal wine procurement, and private wine education. Amy has a retail wine program inside of the Greenville Beer Exchange and hosts private wine tastings there as well as in-home. She is currently working on opening a personal wine storage and communal space called Wine Blind Cellar near Downtown, Greenville.
All prices are an estimation and vary based on guest count, event location, and menu. You will get a better estimate during the booking process.
Greenville, South Carolina.
Anything fancy French or Japanese!
Grower Champagne!
I follow the motto, 'farmers not factories' and like to support small family wineries whose focus is on organic and regenerative viticulture.
I find it so interesting and intriguing as it ecompasses all of my passions from history and economics to geography and culture.
Music and Music Theatre
I enjoy working alongside a network of high level professionals and ambitious colleagues. There is always someone new to meet who is so talented and interesting.
The flexibility! I love working for myself. Extremely rewarding to grow a small business. I very much enjoy the relationships I build with my clientbase. A restaurant is so face paced, it’s nice to slow down and focus on one group/family at a time.
