With more than a decade of experience in the food and wine world, in 2018 Patrick joined Acker and quickly entrenched himself in Acker’s retail business operation - building teams, purchasing, and planning retail strategy. A trained sommelier, Patrick has focused his passion on spirits and is known as Acker’s resident spirits expert - the “go-to” guy for everything from cocktail inspiration to the finding the best fireside sippers. His dead-pan humor is second to none, and is the first person you’d want to drink with for some well-placed one liners, and loads of spirits knowledge.