Doug Frost, MS, MW

Doug Frost is a Kansas City author who writes and lectures about wine, beer and spirits. In 1991 he passed the Master Sommelier examination and in 1993 he completed his Master of Wine examination.  He is still one of only three people in the world to have achieved both these remarkable distinctions. Frost has authored three books, Uncorking Wine (1996), On Wine, a Master Sommelier and Master of Wine Tells All (2001) and The Far From Ordinary Spanish Wine Buying Guide (2005).

Frost is the wine and spirits consultant for United Airlines. He also writes about wine and spirits for many publications including New York Times Digital, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Underground Wine Journal, Practical Winery & Vineyard and is a writer and contributing editor for Sante Magazine, as well as the beverage columnist for the Kansas City Star. He has created the Spirits Education Diploma for DisneyWorld food and beverage management, now in its sixth year, and with over four hundred graduates. Frost is also the director of the Jefferson Cup Invitational Wine Competition, as well as being a panel chair for the San Francisco International Spirits Competition. Frost is also the founder and director of America's Best Wine Lists, a six-year-old wine list competition sponsored by the National Restaurant Association. While he has won numerous awards for his wine and restaurant work, many people don’t know that his second job in the restaurant industry was as a bartender. His first job was as dishwasher. He preferred the second job.