I am an independent professional wine, food, and travel writer. I write books, white papers, articles, and I engage in exciting publishing opportunities to educate, inform, and entertain.

For many years, I traveled locally and around the world learning about wine, food, meeting vintners, and building relationships one sip at a time. I am a wine educator leading monthly classes, and tasting clubs through wine regions both near and far. I filmed my first TV show at Pebble Beach Food and Wine.

For two years I was an invited attendee o e Symposium for Professional Wine Writers at Meadowood Napa Valley. It is a tremendous honor and high recognition of the work that I do. On the eve of the 2014 Symposium, I was having dinner with a dear friend in St. Helena. My professor, aka, Mr. Robert M. Parker Jr., who was just one table away, was dining with friends as well.

He and I had a delightful conversation about the days to come. I capped our evening by correctly opening and pouring my friend’s wine for him and by accurately blind guessing the four wines he and his companions were enjoying.