James M. Kopp - Principal

A graduate of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, Jim Kopp successfully operated an array of restaurant concepts before entering the wine business where he spent five years with McDowell Valley Vineyards becoming their National Sales and Marketing Director. From here he opened Rumpus, a fine dining restaurant in downtown San Francisco that earned significant acclaim in both local and national press for high quality food, service, and an innovative beverage program. He then built and opened Bliss Bar, also in San Francisco, which was named one of the cities top cocktail lounges by 7 x 7 and In Style Magazines in 2001.

An expert on food and wine, Mr. Kopp formed a consulting business in 2000 to assist restaurant, retail, and winery operators in improving their sales, marketing and operations results. His client list included Constellation Concepts, Ritz Carlton Hotels, Kendall Jackson Estates, and Hospice du Rhône. In 2007, he was hired by Jackson Family Wines to oversee marketing for a variety of wineries and to form and train a field marketing team. While there, he developed, launched and executed “A Really Goode Job” promotion for Murphy Goode Winery. Its first thirty days garnered over 300,000,000 media mentions at a public relations value of over $5,000,000.00.

He has been engaged as a speaker by the Society of Wine Educators, The American Institute of Wine and Food, Cornell University, The Culinary Institute of America, and is a regular panelist for the review and judging of wines at various wine and food publications and events.

In 2002, Mr. Kopp established ACME Wine Marketing, a sales and marketing company whose mission is to represent quality driven producers of wines and spirits seeking to broaden their distribution and improve revenues through marketing, sales, media, and public relations.