Tag: Wine’s Most Inspiring People 2025

For 2025, Wine Industry Advisor is expanding the Wine’s Most Inspiring People (MIP) articles into a monthly series. We will be profiling individuals from within our industry who showcase leadership, innovation,...

For 2025, Wine Industry Advisor is expanding the Wine’s Most Inspiring People (MIP) articles into a monthly series. We will be profiling individuals from within our industry who showcase leadership,...

By Laurie Wachter Linda Parker Sanpei’s deep understanding of wine marketing and public relations comes from more than 20 years of hands-on experience working with wine companies such as Pacific Wine Partners,...

By Kathleen Willcox  Everyone responds differently to a crisis at work.  Tanya Martin has, on repeated occasions, proven that she not only can perform well under pressure, but that she can come...

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....

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...

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...