Power Entertaining Secrets to Building Lasting Relationships, Hosting Unforgettable Events, and Closing Big Deals from America's 1st Master Sommelier

You're at a fancy downtown restaurant for dinner with a new client. A million-dollar business deal is on the table. The waiter hands you the wine list. Now what? Who would have thought that your shiny M.B.A., powerful business connections, and past successes doing big business deals would help so little now? What matters right now, at this moment, is your wine IQ --- and your ability to entertain this client in a way he'll never forget. In a way that will cement your relationship with him (or her) for years to come. Enter Eddie Osterland, Master Sommelier, and America's foremost wine and food coach, to get you out of your predicament.Enter Eddie Osterland, Master Sommelier, and America's foremost wine and food coach to get you out of your predicament. Power Entertaining will outline dozens of power entertaining tips that can make anyone a more effective host or hostess be it at a corporate business event or private dinners with clients in restaurants. When it comes to hosting big business meetings or important sales events, for example, readers will learn how to: Entertain business clients and business associates with ease, knowledge, wit and confidence, using good wine and food as the ingredients to build strong and lasting business relationships Transform boring business meetings and sales functions into memorable social events that people will want to attend again and again! Build long-term business relationships based on the time-honored principles of courtesy, generosity and old world hospitality Entertain clients with worldly confidence in upscale restaurants in their own city or even when they're in other countries Order with confidence from the restaurant's wine list. Convince the restaurant's Maitre d' to give them the best table in the house even on a Friday or Saturday night