About Sharyn Kervyn

Having grown up in her family’s restaurant, specializing in wine was a natural progression for Sharyn. Throughout her career she expanded operations for multi-unit chains, increasing profits and creating popular neighborhood venues through special events and promotions. She opened the Getty Center Museum in Los Angeles as their Catering Director, developing their standards of service (still in use today).  In Beverly Hills, she restructured a dining venue for Barneys New York and created elaborate on and off-premise events for Hollywood Elite.   During her time in Los Angeles, Sharyn was featured on E Television, Los Angeles Times and LA Confidential.  As a wine director, Sharyn trained front of house staff and was responsible for the Wine Lists and has consistently earned “Best Of” Wine Spectator Awards for her lists at The Capital Grille locations where she worked for more than a decade.  Today, Sharyn is a keynote speaker and presenter at events throughout America and London and serves on the Wine Education Committee for the American Wine Society (AWS), serving as a National Wine Educator. Sharyn founded KdV Wine Services in 2021, specializing in Food and Wine events, commercial video and wine list services, team training, gourmet picnics, cellar stocking services, and more.  Sharyn is also a certified and international OIV wine judge and judge’s competitions around the world, including the London’s International Wine Challenge, where she was promoted from Associate to Judge in her first year, an honor rarely bestowed.
Most recently, her company was enlisted as the directing manager of the newly formed Terroir New Jersey Wine Showcase.  In her spare time, Sharyn teaches wine education courses she developed for AWS, Rutgers University and Camden County College (WineLogic Advanced is now a CWP Certification Course).  Her notable credentials and extensive experience earned her an invitation to SommCon Rhône Master’s immersion camp and membership in London’s esteemed Association of Wine Educators (AWE).