Burley Tuggle

is an entrepreneur and wine connoisseur who has studied all aspects of wine, including wine tasting, production, sales, and service, at such prestigious schools as the International Culinary Center (ICC) (formerly known as the French Culinary Institute), the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE), and the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). Her professional wine credentials include Intermediate and Advanced Certifications from the London-based Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) and successful completion of the Introductory Sommelier Course conducted by the Court of Master Sommeliers, and she is a graduate of the 2021 Intensive Sommelier Training Program at ICE. In addition, Ms. Tuggle is an independent Wine Consultant with the Flow Wine Group and a Wine Ambassador for the Boisset Collection and VeroVino.

Burley is also the owner of Divino Enterprises, LLC, a New Jersey- based wine tasting education and consulting company, founded in November 2009. Divino Enterprises is the parent company of the Sipper’s Delight Wine Tasting Social Club, a wine tasting and networking group for wine lovers in New York and New Jersey. Divino Enterprises and Sipper’s Delight are focused on teaching the “Art of Wine Tasting” and bringing wine culture to the urban community. The company’s mission is to demystify traditional wine culture and make it accessible to all by providing fun wine tasting events and affordable products and services.

Ms. Tuggle draws on her extensive experience with downtown Newark’s Artisan Collective, of which she is a founding partner, and where monthly wine-tasting social gatherings were held until May 2019. Retail wine accessory and apparel sales were also an integral part of the Halsey Street shop, whose clientele grew to more than 1,000 loyal customers since opening in April 2012. These features have carried over to the Divino Wine Tasting Room, Eatery and Lounge, which she officially opened in Teachers Village, located at 38 Maiden Lane in downtown Newark, NJ, in November 2019.