Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider
Jeff Leve is a self taught, wine enthusiast who has been tasting and collecting wines and travelling to French and American wine regions for over 15 years.
Former president of the Westwood Food and Wine Society, a Los Angeles based tasting group that has been together for over 4 decades.
Founder, Contributor and Editor of The Wine Cellar Insider
Writes about Bordeaux wine and the wine market for Tasted magazine, which is distributed to over a dozen countries. He is also the moderator for Robert Parker’s web site. In his home city, Los Angeles, California, he consults numerous restaurants, merchants and private collectors on cellar acquisitions. Jeff is the founder and president of “7 Blind Men”, an important, Los Angeles based wine tasting group, dedicated to tasting wines blind.
He has given many speeches on wine, most recently in China for the Hong Kong Trade Board at the International Wine and Spirits convention in Hong Kong.
Officially inducted into the following important Bordeaux societies:
The Jurade of St. Emilion
Jurade
Hospitaliere de Pomerol
de l’Ordre des Hospitaliers de Pomerol
Commanderie de Bordeaux, Medoc, Graves, Sauternes
Commanderie de Bordeaux
Wide ranging, but it would be fair to say that the he is a specialist in Bordeaux wines. He has travelled to the Bordeaux wine region to barrel taste over a dozen times. Each visit includes tastings at all the major properties and lasts between 2-3 weeks. He is in Bordeaux once or twice a year
The Rhone and California are also well represented on The Wine Cellar Insider
100 Point
Jeff's scores and notes are used extensively by other trade professionals, a short list of the more notable companies are listed below:
Wine-Searcher – Wine-Searcher
Liv-ex Exchange – Liv-ex Exchange
Farr Vintners – Farr Vintners
Bordeaux Index – Bordeaux Index
Fine & Rare Wines London - Fine and Rare Wines London
JJ Buckley – JJ Buckley
Bertrand Le Guren Bordeaux Ratings Overview – Bleguern
Los Angeles Wine Company LA Wine Company
Wallys Wine and Spirits Wallys Wine and Spirits
Manhattan Wine Company Manhattan Wine Company
