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Jul 16, 20203 min read
Tonya Pitts - A sommelier for over 20 years & the wine director at One Market Restaurant.
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. I have been in the...
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Jul 9, 20203 min read
Brenae Royal - Vineyard Manager for Monte Rosso Vineyard.
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. June 3rd, 2020 was...
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Jul 2, 20206 min read
Sarah Tracey - Wine columnist for Martha Stewart Living & runs The Lush Life.
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. I’ve been working in...
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Lift Collective
Jun 25, 20204 min read
Xingyu Chen - Started the Wine Memoir blog & uses her Instagram platform to reach consumers.
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. I’ve been in the...
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Jun 18, 20204 min read
Dorothy J. Gaiter - Created "Tastings" column, & is senior editor of The Grape Collective, magazine.
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. When people ask me...
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Jun 11, 20206 min read
Regine Rousseau - Launched Shall We Wine , an experiential marketing & event planning company.
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. I started in the...
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Jun 4, 20206 min read
Courtney Kingston - Founder & CEO of Kingston Family Vineyards in Chile’s Casablanca Valley.
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. Did you have a...
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May 28, 20203 min read
Tanisha Townsend - Professor in Paris, where she also hosts food and wine tours as Girl Meets Glass.
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. I’ve been in the...
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May 21, 20205 min read
Tamuka Araviashvili - Founded a school in Kakheti dedicated to educating people on Georgian wine.
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. Since my childhood,...
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May 14, 20204 min read
Remi Cohen - Chief Operating Officer of Lede Family Wines.
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. This upcoming...
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May 7, 20205 min read
Amy Zhou - Partner & general manager at Michelin- & co-founder of Wine Empowered.
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. I’m currently the...
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Apr 30, 20205 min read
Allison Levine - Created her own business —Please the Palate— to organize wine trade & media events.
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. I have been in the...
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Apr 23, 20204 min read
Adrienne Ash - Winemaker & part-owner of The Austin Winery. Specializes in clay-aged/ fermented wine
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. I was born and...
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Apr 16, 20204 min read
Anne Claire Brewer - Guest Beverage Director at Jester King Brewery.
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. I’ve worked in the...
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Apr 9, 20205 min read
Emily Plant - Manager of an all-female staff at a Twin Liquors store in Austin.
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. I’ve been in the...
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Lift Collective
Apr 2, 20205 min read
Ellie Cohn - Running the wine program at The Island House Hotel in Nassau, Bahamas.
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. I have been in the...
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Mar 26, 20204 min read
Leslie Sbrocco - Paired her radio & television background with her love of wine & never looked back
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. I feel like I’ve...
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Mar 19, 20204 min read
Jennifer McDonald - Launched Jenny Dawn Cellars in downtown Wichita, Kansas.
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. Jenny Dawn Cellars...
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Mar 12, 20205 min read
Haley Fortier - Opened haley.henry, wine bar featuring small production wines from around the globe.
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. I’ve been in the...
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Mar 5, 20204 min read
Grace Gates - Food and Beverage Director for Austin’s Carpenter Hotel
How many years have you been in the business? Tell me briefly about your background and your current position today. I have been working...
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