Chris Leon grew up with wine around the table via his Dad. His early love for hospitality and, eventually wine led him to Sonoma. He attended the French Culinary Institute, now the International Culinary Center after college, with a degree in restaurant management. Chris went on to open and operate restaurants in NYC and earned his Advanced WSET Certificate. He knew hospitality extended beyond the walls of a restaurant and opened Leon and Son, a highly curated wine shop in Brooklyn.

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