Eric Faber - President / COO
Eric Faber
(513) 490-5359
eric@cuttingedgeselections.com
President / COO
First Vintage with Cutting Edge?
2014
What experience do you have in the wine/restaurant industry and how did this experience set you up for success at CES?
I worked in retail before moving to restaurants as the Wine Director at La Poste in Cincinnati. From there, I moved to Chicago where I worked with Boka Restaurant Group and Denihan Hospitality before moving home to work for Cutting Edge.
What made you want to work for CES?
Mark Maher. I always looked up to him for the way he built the portfolio and the way he treated people. Working for him gave me the opportunity to sell an amazing portfolio of wines I care deeply about and work alongside some of the best people in the industry.
Who most inspires you?
Marcel Guigal. I have never met anyone who is so hard-working, dedicated, and down to earth even though he has already achieved more success than most could dream of. I don’t know how someone at his age keeps going like he does, but inspiring is the only word for watching him work and spending time with him.
What is your favorite wine region? What do you love about it?
Alsace. Such amazing wines that most people overlook. The region and diverse soils produce wines that I believe to be the epitome of balance!
What was your go-to hobby during the COVID lockdowns?
Raising a Malamute
What was your best wine trip or experience?
Its a tough question, but my best wine trip experience was going to Italy and biking through Piedmont with Luciano Sandrone. Such an icon, and a pretty phenomenal biker for his age!
What is your favorite book?
My favorite book is Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. I've read it so many times, but each time take something different from it.
If you could share a bottle of your favorite wine with any person, alive or dead, who would it be and why?
I would want to drink with Thomas Jefferson. One, he was such a fan of great wine. More importantly, I'd love to get him drunk and find out what he and the other founders of our country were really thinking at the time, and what they wanted for the long-term future of the US.
What is your daily drinker?
Eyrie Spark. Amazing bubbles..literally open every time someone stops by the house.
What was your A-Ha moment at Cutting Edge?
The first time I went out with Mark. I had never met anyone so knowledgeable and regarded so highly by people I knew that was so generous with his time and advice. I told my mom the next day that I wanted to work for him one day. It took a few years, but without that AHA moment of what type of person he was I don’t believe I would be where I am today.