By Kathleen Willcox For insiders in California’s wine business, Kirk Lokka has been a beloved figure for decades, but the detail-oriented, low-key and community-minded vineyard manager has managed to...
By Laura Ness For Jen Locke, CEO of Crimson Wine Group (CWG), overseeing a portfolio of six fine wine estates across 1,000 acres on the West Coast, including her home state of California, represents the...
By Laurie Wachter The wine industry has been grappling with attracting younger generations for more than a decade. Marian Leitner-Waldman, co-founder and CEO of Archer Roose Wines, brought a fresh outsider’s...
By Laurie Wachter Ren Harris’ roots are firmly planted in California. He is a sixth-generation Californio, a descendant of José Carrillo, who came to the not-yet state with the Portolá expedition in 1769....
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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 and...
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...
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...
In this episode, George sits down with Damien Wilson, Hamel Family Faculty Chair of Wine Business at Sonoma State University. They discuss Damien’s blue-collar roots growing up in Darwin, Australia and...
