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By Laurie Wachter
Allison Jordan is a forward-thinking leader and educator, a global influencer and, above all, a pragmatic optimist.
These are only a few of the attributes that describe her...
Wine’s Most Inspiring People 2025: Polly Hammond — Driving Growth Through Strategic Digital Outreach
By Kathleen Willcox
Polly Hammond has been touting the power and potential of digital marketing for decades — well before most anyone in the wine industry had a working e-commerce site. But when...
By Laura Ness
Christopher Czarnecki, owner of The Joel Palmer House in Dayton, Ore., was born into a family of chefs. His grandparents ran a restaurant named Joe’s, in Reading, Penn., founded in 1916...
By Laura Ness
Wisconsin-born Heidi Bridenhagen’s already distinguished wine career had its genesis in a happy confluence of circumstance. While growing up, her parents, avid gardeners, owned a landscaping...
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As has become a January tradition, Wine Industry Advisor has again chosen 10 individuals from within the wine industry who showcase leadership, innovation, determination and inspiration — both within the...
Submit your nomination for the wine industry’s Most Inspiring People.
Today is the first day to submit nominations for Wine Industry Advisor’s annual Most Inspiring People Awards.
In 2018, Wine Industry...
By Kathleen Willcox
For decades, the Venn Diagram intersection of the Latinx and the wine communities happened solely in the vineyard. Slowly but surely, that’s changing — thanks to people...
By Laurie Wachter
Christian Oggenfuss, DipWSET, Napa Valley Wine Academy founder and CEO
Under the visionary leadership of founder and CEO Christian Oggenfuss, DipWSET, the Napa Valley Wine Academy...
By Laurie Wachter
André Hueston Mack [Image courtesy of Maison Noir Wines]
André Hueston Mack left at the pinnacle of his career as head sommelier of Thomas Keller’s Per Se restaurant in New York...
By Kathleen Willcox
As any CEO (or parent) worth their salt knows, going out and doing the thing — instead of pontificating about the importance of going out and doing the thing — is the best way...
