Michael Flynn was named Wine and Beverage Director at the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek in September of 2007.  Formerly, he served as wine director and sommelier for Kinkead’s in Washington, DC since its opening in the Fall of 1993.  He was also wine director for Bob Kinkead’s Colvin Run Tavern in Vienna, Virginia, which opened in the Fall of 2001.  Described as Washington’s “best known, best loved sommelier” (Washingtonian Magazine, August 1998), and “one of America’s finest sommeliers” (Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate, December, 1997), Mr. Flynn has written numerous articles for, and conducted interviews with publications such as The Washington Post, The Wine Spectator, Sante Magazine, Food and Wine Magazine, the American Institute of  Wine and Food, the Wall Street Journal, and Washingtonian Magazine.  He is also a consultant and correspondent for Vintrust, a wine cellarage and management company based in San Francisco.

In 1996, after passing the rigorous series of Advanced examinations with the Court of Master Sommeliers, he became an active candidate for the Master Sommelier Diploma, which has been awarded to only 100 Americans and fewer than 200 people worldwide in the 30 year history of the organization.  To date, Mr. Flynn has passed two out the final three papers towards that goal.

Mr. Flynn has been nominated three times by the James Beard Foundation for outstanding wine service, a national award category with only five nominees nationwide annually.