Ron Kapon, New York, USA
Ron Kapon has over 60 years experience in the travel and wine & spirit field. His family’s business Acker, Merrall & Condit was established in 1820 and is the oldest wine merchant in the United States. He graduated from Columbia College & the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University and moved to Europe where he developed his love for wine. Returning to operate his family’s business he immediately knew his passion was teaching, writing & lecturing and so moved in that direction.
Ron began the wine programs at Queens College, New York Institute of Technology as well as C.W.Post. Traveling to the wine regions of the world and writing about them led him to his goal of visiting 150 countries ( he is at 147) by 2016. In 1995 he organized the new wine program at the International School of Hospitality & Tourism management at Fairleigh Dickinson University and has taught both wine & spirits since then at their Hackensack campus. In addition, he teaches the wine program at Hudson County Community College Culinary Arts in downtown Jersey City. He was honored by the James Beard Foundation for his educational efforts. He has established the Ron Kapon Wine Library at FDU with a donation of over 5,000 books, magazines and articles.
Professor Kapon has conducted over 60 events both in the US and abroad for private and corporate clients. The Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Cyprus and German governments have invited him to serve on panel discussions. Within the United States he co-founded Les Amis du Vin & Tasters Guild NY and ran both organizations for 30 years. His family’s Acker Auctions is the largest wine auction company in the world.
He is the co-author and co-producer of the FDU On-Line Wine Course which was developed for the NY Times Knowledge Network. His travel column appears in eight outlets worldwide.
The Peripatetic Oenophile
ronkapon.com- Visited 149 Countries
12 outlets- 4.2 million visitors 2018
facebook.com/vinoron, @vinoron
Discovering the World of Wine
thefiftybest.com, cheeseconnoisseur.com, winecountryinternational.com, natja.org, realtraveladventures.net,
allwaystraveller.com, tastersguild.com, resident.com, nightlifemag.com, fabseniortravel.com
12 outlets- 4.2 million visitors 2015
facebook.com/vinoron, @vinoron
Discovering the World of Wine
thefiftybest.com, cheeseconnoisseur.com, winecountrynetwork.com, natja.org, realtraveladventures.net, everywheremag.com, allwaystraveller.com, fabseniortravel.com, tastersguild.com, nightlifemag.com, resident.com