In a technical, legal sense, an ombudsman is often a corporate or government official whose task it is to investigate allegations of wrongdoing against members of their organization. In a broader sense, however, an ombudsman functions as a trouble shooter and a problem solver, a go-between that seeks to address the needs of the public. That more general meaning was what I had in mind when I first conceived of the name “Wine Ombudsman.” It began simply as a way to help a friend who was organizing a fundraising event for the Alzheimer’s Association of Central Ohio. After the inaugural event…