FREE Virtual Happy Hour Over Zoom

Celebrate the end of the week with us with a free happy hour for members of Working Women of Tampa Bay! It's BYOB of course! We're talking wine this week with the CorkQueen. 

Karen Koch has a background in technology and enjoys researching new information.  Prior to working as CorkQueen, Karen owned her own IT Services business.  Now she enjoys researching new wines.

Karen’s first introduction to wine, besides a really bad choice of sampling some Boone’s Farm Strawberry Hill, came during five years at The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan. Starting as a bartender and advancing to the Beverage Controller, she was tasked with learning about wine and food pairing. Back then it was a job, today it is a passion.

Karen currently serves on the board of the Network of Executive Women of Tampa Bay, Corks 4 A Cause, and the Centre Club Board of Governors.

When Karen is not working, she shares a house with her two dogs, Dudley and Riley.  She enjoys cooking and considers herself a “pantry gourmet”.  She enjoys discovering new wines (especially Spanish reds) and sharing those discoveries with her friends.  Karen has passed the WSET 1 and the WSET 2 (Wine & Spirit Education Trust). She has led the monthly event, Wine Down Wednesday at the Centre Club since 2016.

Karen is the ultimate sports fanatic and definitely roots for the home team.  She loves the Buccaneers and also tries to attend as many Rays and Lightning games as she can.  She collects sports memorabilia and could probably open a small sports museum.