Chris Brooks

Area Sales Manager, New England

I grew up in Connecticut, and attended Washington and Lee University in Virginia.  After college, I spent two years in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where I was bitten by the wine bug while working both in restaurants and fine wine retail.  After moving to the San Francisco Bay Area to work in the internet music business, I joined Young’s Market Company as a salesperson, and spent six years with that organization, ultimately as a VP, Division Sales Manager.  In 2010, I moved back to New England – to the Boston area, managing MA and RI for Trinchero Family Estates.  I left Trinchero in 2013 to start my own wine brokerage/consulting business, managing sales in New England for several domestic and international wineries, all of which were small, family-owned operations.  I was so excited to join Folio in 2019!  The focus on family-owned wineries, and the breadth and quality of the portfolio is exactly what I love about the wine industry.  When I am not busy selling wine, you can probably find me at the local hockey rink, cheering on my kids, or kicking back on the beach with a nice New England IPA.