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As the Vice President of Beverages for Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group based in Dallas/Fort Worth, Gretchen Thomas supervises the largest Spanish wine program in the United States. She discovered her passion as a CIA student. “I would not have been introduced to wine if it wasn’t for The Culinary Institute of America,” she says. “While you’re at the CIA, every door in the restaurant business is opened up to you, so even if you’re not really sure what you want to do, you’ll figure it out while you’re there.” Watch her story: