Randa Warren, M.S., CWE, DWS, CSS

Master Sommelier
Certified Wine Educator
Diploma of Wine and Spirits
Certified Specialist of Spirits

Randa Warren has been involved in the wine business for over 12 years.  She began through home study of WSET (Wine and Spirit Education Trust in England) wine courses through the International Wine Center in New York in 1998, and completed the final WSET Diploma program in 2001.  During this period, she also embarked on a rigorous journey with the Court of Master Sommeliers, gaining her Advanced Sommelier title on her first attempt in Las Vegas in 2000.

In the spring of 2001, Warren added the distinguished title of Certified Wine Educator, through the Society of Wine Educators in the United States. Fewer than 150 people that have earned access to this prestigious title.

In the spring of 2007, Warren became the sixteenth female Master Sommelier in the world, in the Spring of 2007.  Currently, there are only 167 Master Sommeliers worldwide, of whom 17 are women.

Currently based in Tulsa, Okla., Warren has written a local wine article for over ten years for Tulsa People, a monthly consumer publication.  She conducts private seminars and classes for financial institutions, business organizations, country clubs, resorts and private wine collectors around the country.  She also conducts monthly wine classes for many local Tulsa residents, and currently assists the Court of Master Sommeliers in teaching their Introductory and Certified Sommelier exams around the country.

Warren has been a member of the Confrerie du Tastevin in Burgundy for over 10 years and is a Dame de la Chaine des Rotisseurs in the United States (formerly Vice Eschanson of the L’Ordre Mondial, a sub-division of the Chaine des Rotisseurs specializing in the area of wine).