Pat Daniel 
Pat Daniel is the owner of Uptown Wine and Spirits. She is a Certified Public Accountant by training but has been in the beverage alcohol industry since 1986, when she purchased her first store, The Forrest Road Package Store, which she continues to own and operate.
Pat began her quest for a store in Uptown Columbus in 2014. She purchased the location at 1208 Broadway in 2015 and spent 18 months renovating the property. Uptown Wine & Spirits opened in December of 2016.
Pat has a passion for wine and has visited many wine regions around the globe and has personally hand chosen all of the wines in the store’s vast selection. She writes a column, “Crush”, about wine, in Columbus and the Valley magazine.
She is a longtime member of the Board of Directors for the Georgia Alcohol Dealers Association, the retail liquor store owners’ association in Georgia. In March of 2018, she was awarded the Brown Foreman Retailer of the Year for Georgia at the Alcohol Beverage Licensees national meeting.
Pat is a member of the North Columbus Rotary Club, the Board of Directors of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, the Board of Advisors of the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University, the Board of Directors of the National Monuments Foundation in Atlanta and is a co-chair of the National Board of Visitors for the Bo Bartlett Center for Fine Art at Columbus State University. She is a longtime member of Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, the Georgia Society of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs.
Pat is a native of Savannah, Georgia, but has resided in Columbus since 1986.
Richard Edwards
Richard is a native of the north Georgia mountains and, after living for many years in central and southwest Florida, a resident of Columbus since 2007.
Richard is also an avid bridge player, an ACBL certified Bridge Instructor, and always up for a game !!
Summer weekend afternoons are spent on Richard’s porch sampling his latest cocktail concoction. Last summer his Facebook friends were treated to pictures of the current offering, and an open invitation to join in the fun !! Items from his container vegetable garden and his herb garden serve as ingredients or garnishes for his cocktails.
Mary Dana Knight
Mary Dana was born a Midwesterner in Sturgis, Michigan to an American mother and a naturalized British father. After high school, she attended Pine Manor Junior College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. From there, she moved to New York to study voice with a famous Italian dramatic Tenor, Bernardo DeMuro, while also attending classes at Julliard and Columbia.
It was during this time that she travelled to Italy to continue her operatic studies, which culminated with Mary Dana portraying the role of “Mimi” in Puccini’s “La Boheme”. She performed this opera six times in Rome and Sicily.
While skiing in New Hampshire the winter before, she met a true southern gentleman by the name of James Bartow Knight III. As their love blossomed, they were engaged on Christmas Day in England and married the following July in Michigan. Putting her singing career on hold, the couple moved to Columbus, GA in August of 1953 and Mary Dana began her new life as a converted southerner.
When dining out, Mary Dana enjoys a Tanqueray or Beefeater extra dry martini with 3 olives. At home, you can find Mary Dana enjoying a nice Balvenie scotch or a glass of wine.
An interesting side note for Mary Dana is that she shares a birthday with Adolf Hitler, and of course, National Pot Day. Make sure you stop by and wish her Happy Birthday every 4/20!
Hank Standridge
A Columbus native, Hank is an internationally certified Brewmaster. He holds degrees from the oldest brewing school in America, the Siebel Institute in Chicago, as well as the second oldest brewing school in the world, the Doemens Academy in Munich. He has an eclectic palate and a tremendous passion for professional wrestling. With his extensive knowledge of brewing and distillation, he can answer any question from production to pairings. His favorite wine varietal is the Petite Syrah, his favorite Bourbon is Blanton’s, his favorite beer is free and even thought it was often reversed, his favorite finishing move is Ric Flair’s “Figure Four Leg Lock,” because, “In order to be the man, you have to beat the man. Woooooo!”
Alan Schultz
Alan Schultz has been entertaining, educating, and selling beverages for 24 years.
He studied Clarinet in college, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance from Illinois Wesleyan and a Master’s Degree from Arizona State University.
At the end of his formal education, he began a 13 year career at the Scottsdale, Arizona Olive Garden, becoming the head bartender for 8 years.
In 2005-06, he completed an intensive beverage course and was certified by the International Sommelier Guild.
In 2007 he began working for Total Wine, the nation’s largest wine retailer, stocking over 8000 wines, 2000 spirits, and 1500 beers. In addition to selecting products for his large following of customers, he taught beverage classes held at the store.
In 2015, he moved to Americus, Georgia and found a new home at Warehouse Package in Albany. He has a wide variety of customers who look to him for his expanded knowledge in all types of beverages.
Alan may now be found at Uptown Wine & Spirits, and is available to answer all your beverage questions, and assist with your beverage needs.
Alan can also be followed on Facebook at ‘Alan Schultz The Wine Guy’ for functions outside retail and reached at thewineguy123@gmail.com.
