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).

About Sharyn Kervyn
Lifetime Devoted to Wine


The Early Years
Wine Education Certifications
Diploma, Wine and Spirits Education Trust with honors (dipWSET, 2021)
Society of Wine Educators, Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW, 2012)
Court of Master Sommeliers, Sommelier (2008)
The Capital Grille, Wine Director (2007-2021)
American Wine Society, NTP Chair (2016-2021) Regional Vice President (2017-2019)
American Wine Society, Certified Wine Judge with Merit (CWJM, 2017 recertified 2021)
American Wine Society, National Wine Education Committee (2021)
Association of Wine Educators (2023) member
Conference / Keynote Speaker / Clients (partial list)
Camden County College, Wine Educator and creator of
Wine FUNdamentals and WineLogic Advanced (CWP certification course)
Rutgers University, Grape and Wine Certification Course Instructor
Saddlehill Winery, Voorhees, NJ (Wine Education)
Sharrott Winery, Hammonton, NJ (Blending Trials)
Tomasello Winery, Outer Coastal Plain, NJ (Strategic Marketing)
Temple Beth AL, Cherry Hill, NJ
Morgan Stanley, Philadelphia PA
Benefit Concepts, Haddonfield NJ
The Filimon Group, Mt. Laurel NJ
American Wine Society, Conference Session Speaker, Costa Mesa CA (2016), St. Louis MO (2023).
International Beverage Trade Network Conference Session Speaker, NYC (2018)
Beverage Trade Network – Sommelier Session Panel Speaker NYC (2019)


Wine Judging Experience
Years as noted, some annuallyInternational Wine Challenge (IWC) (Associate 2024, promotion to Judge 2025)
OIV Berliner Trophy (invitation 2022, judged 2024)
Concours International de Lyon (2024, re-invited yearly)
Frankfurt International Trophy (2023, re-invited yearly)
Women’s International Trophy Invitation, Germany (since 2023)
Sommelier’s Choice Awards (San Francisco 2018, 2019)
USA Wine Ratings Challenge (San Francisco 2018)
Finger Lakes International Wine Competition (FLIWC) (since 2017)
Texas International Wine Competition (TXIC) (since 2021)
The Great American International (2022, 2025)
Houston Rodeo International Wine Competition (2024)
Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition (since 2021)
The Big “E” – Eastern States Wine Competition (since 2019)
Georgia Trustees Wine and Spirits Challenge (2021-2022)
Pennsylvania Commercial Competition (since 2010)
Pennsylvania Winery Association Wine Competition (since 2021, ended 2023)
American Wine Society, Commercial and Amateur Competition (2019, 2021-2024)
New Jersey Commercial and Amateur Farm Show (since 2014)
Winemaker Magazine Amateur Competition (since 2017)
New Jersey and Pennsylvania Amateur Competitions (since 2010)
Hammonton Rotary Amateur Competition (since 2015)
Hudson Valley Competition (since 2022)
Beverage Testing Institute Taster, Chicago (BTI, 2023)
Wines of the South Competition (2017-2019 ended)
Vendemmia (2011-2019 ended)
New Jersey Governor’s Cup Competition (2010 – 2020 ended)
Sharyn with Chuck Wagner, Owner Caymus Vineyards and AWS President Frank Aquilino
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