Our Team

Limeng Stroh

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Limeng founded Full Circle Wine Solutions, Inc. in Fall 2007, as a global wine and spirits education firm to deliver tailored onsite seminars and engaging online content.

Previously, Limeng was the Senior Director of Marketing at Beam Wine Estates where she managed the company's core brands including Clos du Bois, Geyser Peak and Wild Horse Winery. Her cross-functional experience in working closely with winery operations, regional sales and finance management enabled her to lead the brands to successful positions in the competitive wine marketplace. During her tenure, the Sonoma County-based Clos du Bois brand grew from 1.5 million cases to surpass the 2-million case mark.

Her professional background includes a position as the MBA summer intern at Pepsi-Cola North America's Strategic Planning division. Previously, Limeng spent three years in a rotational management achievement program at Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery where she held sales, marketing, operations and business development positions. As a native of Singapore, Limeng is particularly excited about the opportunity to build a global business in Asia through wine education and hospitality programs.

In 2003 Limeng graduated from Harvard Business School with a Masters in Business Administration. She also graduated with Honors from Duke University in three years with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology.

Evan Goldstein, MS
President and Chief Education Officer

Evan Goldstein, MS, is one of the nation's most prolific food and wine industry veterans. In 2008 Goldstein joined Full Circle Wine Solutions, Inc., a global wine and spirits education company, as President and Chief Education Officer to create tailored experiences that help clients grow brand loyalty and business profits.

Evan's food and wine career started in the renowned kitchens of Paris and California. In 1984 he joined his mother, Chef and Author Joyce Goldstein, in opening the celebrated San Francisco restaurant Square One. In 1987 he became the eighth American and youngest ever at the time to pass the prestigious Master Sommelier examination. Since 1990 Evan has created wine education programs and service hospitality schools with Seagram Chateau & Estates Wines Company, Diageo, Allied Domecq, and most recently, as the Vice President of Global Wine & Brand Education at Beam Wine Estates. In addition, Evan continues to train and examine candidates for the Court of Master Sommeliers as a Founding Board member.

Evan is the author of Five Star Service: Your Guide to Hospitality Excellence (On Premise Communications Inc.) and the critically acclaimed Perfect Pairings: A Master Sommelier's Practical Advice for Partnering Wine with Food (University of California Press). His sequel wine and food book for the University of California Press, working titled Daring Pairings, is planned for release in Spring 2010.

Evan is a regular editorial contributor to Americas Sante magazine, Wine & Dine and Indulgence magazines in Singapore, and is the American correspondent for South Korea's Wine Review magazine. Evan is a recurring guest wine expert on NBC's syndicated television show 'In Wine Country,' San Francisco's top-rated 'Ronn Owens' Show' on KGO Radio and on Saturday morning television's KPIX 'Eyewitness News.'

Paula Mantle
Event Manager

Paula graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2007 with a major in Speech Communication and a minor in Marketing after attending California State University, East Bay, for four years. After graduation, Paula followed her passion and sought a job that would teach her the basics of wine in a hands-on environment.

That search took her to Wente Family Vineyards in Livermore where she worked in the tasting rooms of both Tamas Estates and Wente's boutique winery, Murrieta's Well. During her time with Wente, Paula visited all the major wine regions in California getting a well-rounded picture, tasting room by tasting room, of what her native state had to offer.

When Wine Affairs, a high-end wine bar opened a block from her house, Paula seized the opportunity to work with sommeliers and a fifty-plus wine-by-the-glass list. With a wine list that included a multitude of of international selections, previously overwhelming to her California-centric palate, Paula got a real education in wine. While Paula started as a bartender at Wine Affairs, her role quickly grew to that of floor supervisor.

Paula joined Full Circle Wine Solutions in January 2009 and is excited that at Full Circle Wine Solutions, she is able to marry her love of wine with that of her educational background in Communication and Marketing.

Our Team is also augmented by a robust Full Circle Sommelier Network.