Category: People

By Carl Giavanti   Devin Parr is a leading personality in the wine industry. She is the founder and managing partner of Devin Parr & Associates, a PR, marketing and content agency in the beverage,...

By Carl Giavanti Along with being co-host and partner at The Connected Table, David Ransom is editor-at-large for two hospitality-focused national wine and spirits print magazines – The Tasting...

By Carl Giavanti   Melanie Young is a certified specialist of wine and co-host of The Connected Table Live global podcast, which spotlights thought leaders in wine, food and hospitality. Her articles...

By Carl Giavanti   Ray Isle Ray Isle is one of the wine world’s foremost writers and speakers. He has been writing about wine, spirits and cocktails for 20 years, regularly appears on national...

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...

By Laurie Wachter   It’s been 45 years since Tom Klein first set eyes on Rodney Strong winery and vineyards.  He was working at McKinsey & Company after earning his Stanford MBA when an assignment...

By Paul Vigna Farming grew on Sharon Horton from the time she started helping her father with the row crops and livestock on their Missouri farm in the 1960s. Today, at 77 years old, she’s still spending...