J.E. Barth, PhD, teaches wine, spirits, and operations management courses at the School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management at the University of Guelph, Canada's school for hospitality leadership. He has taught courses at Royal Roads University, the Cold Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (Brock University), Management Centre Innsbruck and for the Society of Management Accountants of Ontario. Joe has been a visiting professor at the Australian International Hotel School (Canberra) and at the Universidad de San Andres, Buenos Aires. Professor Barth has provided expert opinions in legal proceedings pertaining to licensed establishments and hotel contract law, worked as a consultant on a great lakes freighter, in Nicaragua, and Viet Nam. He is a lifetime member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, and the recipient of numerous teaching awards.