(May 8, 2024; Los Angeles, CA) – Allison Levine, president of Please the Palate, and Chris Kern, founder of The Forgotten Grapes Wine Club, are thrilled to present the inaugural Festival of Forgotten Grapes,...
Professional wine buyers, writers, educators and judges will score the competition
Portland, OR, December 3rd, 2019: The McMinnville Wine & Food Classic – SIP! has unveiled the final roster of judges...
“Turning the Tables – Interviewing the Interviewers” is a Q&A series profiling Wine Writers. ALLISON LEVINE is owner of Please The Palate, a boutique agency specializing in marketing and event planning...
Since purchasing his vineyard at the top of Spring Mountain in 1970, Stuart Smith has become the leading voice of the hillside grower. While Smith believed that the best grapes come from the mountains,...
Those around him will say that David Parrish is not one to brag about his accomplishments, but they are the first to call David Parrish an innovator in the wine industry. “David lives to work. The industry...
Across the entire wine industry, there are significant challenges, stated Robert McMillan, executive vice president and founder of Silicon Valley Bank’s Wine Division at the recent forum of Santa Barbara’s...
The wine industry has traditionally been a male-dominated industry that has followed a patriarchal line from generation to generation. But women have been working in wine throughout history.
Running a wine association takes a tireless multi-tasker. The job is a combination of strategy, business development, marketing, finance and politics. It takes understanding the needs of the association,...
