About Us

Mountain Wine Adventures LLC was founded by Roger Lamontagne and Anita Gandhi in 2017 as a way to share their love of wine and food through education and other exciting adventures in wine!

Roger Lamontagne, Co-Founder

A native of Montreal, Canada, Roger brings over 20 years of experience as a business leader and customer care advocate to the wine world, where he has pursued his own wine journey with enthusiasm and a great sense of fun.   Roger and Anita started by hosting several in-home wine tasting & food pairing seminars.   In 2017 he completed the Court of Master Sommeliers Introductory Sommelier Course, and in 2019 he was awarded the WSET Level 3 Award in Wines, and now works with Approved Program Providers to teach WSET Level 1 and 2 classes.   He is currently a WSET Diploma candidate.

Anita Gandhi, Co-Founder

Hailing from Toronto, Canada , Anita combines her entrepreneurial background, her love of education and her passion for food to continuously wow everyone who knows her!  She is an award winning French language teacher and was named the 2020 Conference of Colorado Foreign Language Teachers (CCFLT) TEACHER OF THE YEAR!  She further specializes in e-learning and online educational tools that not only have applications in teaching languages, but also engaging adult learners looking to learn about wines!

Visit Anita's Ohm Cooking at

www.anitasohmcooking.com

Natalie Breaux, dipWSET, MW Candidate - Lead Instructor

Natalie Breaux was born in Cajun country and spent her formative years in various locations throughout the southern United States. Fresh out of culinary school she moved to Denver in 2004 and took an interim job stocking shelves at a wine shop. She quickly rose up the ranks and became wine manager in less than a year. Since then, her aptitude and passion for wine and food have guided her in roles as wine director for an iconic farm-to-table restaurant, as adjunct beverage instructor for Johnson & Wales University, and now as a key instructor for Napa Valley Wine Academy.

‘Nat’, as her friends call her, has always had a passion for writing, editing, and teaching. She has been fortunate enough to work on projects for Jancis Robinson MW, Tom Stevenson, The Society of Wine Educators, and The Sommelier (now SOMM) Journal.

Natalie passed the Master of Wine practical exams in 2017 on her first try, and subsequently passed the theory portion of the Master of Wine exam in 2018; she is currently working on her research paper to complete the MW certification. Natalie is also a Certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers, and a Certified Wine Educator through the Society of Wine Educators; she earned the prestigious Banfi Award for achieving the highest score in her cohort when she passed the CWE exam on her first attempt.