WINEMAG.COM | 734O under 4O I 2019
Carlin Karr, 33
Wine Director, Frasca Food and Wine, Inc. • Denver and Boulder, CO
Meant to mentor
In 2012, aft er just two years of restaurant experience as a self-taught wine director
at San Francisco’s Sons & Daughters, Karr seized an opportunity to join the team
at Frasca. There, under the mentorship of Owner and Master Sommelier Bobby
Stuckey, she oversaw one of the country’s most acclaimed and infl uential wine
programs. The opening of its sister spot Tavernetta in 2017 brought Frasca’s
renowned sense of hospitality and exhaustive Italian wine list to Denver in a more
casual context. It also allowed quick-learning Karr to begin acting as a mentor to
her own extensive team at both venues as well as Pizzeria Locale Boulder.