Cost: $25
Presenter:
Dan Greathouse, President
Heidelberg Distributing
Chef: John Roberto

Daniel Greathouse is President of Heidelberg Distributing Company in Independence, Ohio and a passionate student and teacher of wine.  For three decades, Greathouse has presided over tastings, judgings and charity auctions in the United States and the United Kingdom and is as well known for his humor as his great love and knowledge of wine.

Greathouse joined Ohio Valley Wine and Heidelberg in 1988 after managing Midwest area states for London-based Allied-Lyons, marketing California wine brands including Clos Du Bois, William Hill, Callaway and Atlas Peak Vineyards.   His naval career fortuitously placed him in wine growing regions from Northern California to Europe.

In addition to his responsibilities as president of the Northeastern Ohio Heidelberg division, Greathouse seeks out fine wines produced across the world to market throughout Ohio and Kentucky.   His grossly arduous task of sourcing new products has taken him from Santiago, Chile through Tequila, Mexico and many wine producing regions in France, Spain and Italy.  Undaunted by torturous tastings, he selflessly works on, through the sun and the food, to bring great new wines to market.   He is a commandeur in Bordeaux’s Commanderie du Bontemps and was recently featured in the American Express Black Ink wine issue.

Dan served on the Board of Trustees of Economics America as well as being an active cheerleader for PBS, where he has appeared on numerous televised auctions and cooking shows.  He is co-host the “The Cork Dorks” television program filmed on locations from 110+ degree California to -10 degree Ontario, where he foolishly picked ice wine grapes.

A decorated veteran of the U.S. Navy, Dan is the recipient of numerous citations, ribbons and medals including the Navy Achievement Medal, presented by Secretary of the Navy, John F. Lehman, Jr.   His unique naval role allowed him to serve in Europe alongside Britain’s Royal Air Force & Royal Navy personnel with the unusual assignment of working on land-based, as well as aboard all major warfare platforms including airplanes, helicopters, ships and submarines. 

Dan married his college sweetheart, artist Mary Bell Greathouse, 28 years ago in Cleveland Heights before striking out into the world to seek fame & fortune.   He returned to Cleveland in 1997 with Mary and their countless children, some of whom are named Charles, Paul, James, Peter, Sarah, Sophia, Emma and Gabriel.