Barbara Longue has been in the wine business for over 25 years. She started out studying winemaking in France doing internships and vinifications at wineries such as Chateau Lagrange in St Julien, Domaine Roulot in Meursault and Domaine Moureau in Madiran.
With two diplomas in grape growing and winemaking from the Université de Bourgogne, and a degree in international finance from Georgetown University, she moved into sales when she arrived in New Jersey in 1990, along with a French husband and two small children. She has held every job imaginable in the wine business from grape picker to warehouse inventory taker, to fine wine buyer for a major wholesaler in NJ. She has travelled around the world tasting wines from New Zealand, to Italy, to Uruguay and many countries in between. She currently has her own business Cotes de Longué Selections Inc. as a marketing consultant for small boutique wineries who sell in NJ.
