First-gen Filipino American Joshua Villapando, Owner and Wine Schnerbly of Assorted Table Wine & Shop.

His work in the culinary and wine industry in Charlotte spans over two decades only working for local mom-and-pops.

Joshua has lectured for Johnson & Wales University on numerous occasions, helped create and execute a pop-up dinner with Chef Chris Coleman at The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, and has judged for both Charlotte Wine & Food Weekend and the North Carolina State Fair Wine Competition. 

Joshua consults for restaurants and hotels, having created wine lists as well as training staff at Ilios Noche, Stoke Charlotte, Marriott City Center, The Bottle Shop, Not Just Coffee Dilworth, Wooden Robot Brewery, Lamberti’s Italian Ristorante & Wine Bar, MAG USA for a restaurant concept in Charlotte Douglas Airport, The Dunhill Hotel and The Asbury.

Joshua has toured dozens of wine regions both stateside and in Europe hopefully adding South America to the list:  he’s planning a Spanish language immersion and winery tour in Chile, a collaboration with Language Academy of the Carolinas.

He’s currently pursuing a degree in Enology and Viticulture (winemaking and grape growing) at Surry Community College, the first and currently, only institution of higher learning east of the Rockies with a commercial vineyard and bonded winery on campus.

When not tasting wine, Joshua can be found playing Hot Wheels with his five-year-old son, supporting (or kissing!) his beautiful wife, Jenny (a highly respected restaurant professional in her own right), on a bicycle flinging himself down a mountain in Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina, or pop-and-locking in an old-school breakdance showdown.