André Hueston Mack is an American sommelier and winemaker.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Awards
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Career

Mack worked for two years in the finance industry before transitioning into the restaurant industry. He started as a dishwasher at Darden Restaurants and left as a corporate service trainer after six years. He then worked at The Palm in San Antonio before working as the founding sommelier at Bohanan's in San Antonio. He later worked at the Thomas Keller restaurants The French Laundry in Yountville, California and Per Se in New York, New York.

In 2007, he founded the company Maison Noir (formerly known as Mouton Noir). Mack leases 13 vineyards in the Willamette Valley in Oregon which produce wine under his popular culture-inspired labels.

In 2019 Mack published 99 Bottles: A Black Sheep's Guide to Life-Changing Wines.

In 2020 Mack opened & Sons in Brooklyn, New York, a wine and ham bar.

Mack's wine lists have been listed in The Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Black Enterprise.

Awards

In 2003, Mack won the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Young Sommeliers Compe*ion. In 2007, he received The Network Journal's 40-Under-Forty Achievement Award.

See also

• List of wine personalities

References

External links

• Maison Noir Wines

Major regions

• France
  • Alsace
  • Bordeaux
  • Burgundy
  • Champagne
  • Loire Valley
• Italy
  • Piedmont
  • Tuscany
  • Veneto
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia
• United States
  • California
  • Oregon
  • Washington
  • New York
• Spain
  • Cava
  • Priorat
  • Rías Baixas
  • Ribera del Duero
  • Rioja
  • Jerez-Xeres-Sherry
• Germany
• Portugal
• Argentina
• Chile
• Australia
• New Zealand
• South Africa
• Mexico

Packaging, accessories,
and storage

• Alternative wine closure
• Box wine
• Corkscrew
• Decanter
• Jug wine
• Kvevri
• Muselet
• Port tongs
• Screw cap
• Wine bottle
• Wine cave
• Wine cellar
• Wine cork
• Wine dispenser
• Wine gl*
• Wine label
• Wine rack

Wine chemistry

• Aroma of wine
• Acids in wine
• Phenolic content in wine
• Proteins in wine
• Sugars in wine

Industry

• Cl*ification
• Oenophilia
• Sommelier
• Wine and food pairing
• Wine fault
• Wine fraud
• Wine personalities
• Wine tasting
• Wine tasting descriptors

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