Doug Cook is the founder of Able Grape, the world’s largest wine information search engine. Prior to founding Able Grape in 2005, Doug was the VP of Web Search Engineering at Yahoo! and Inktomi, where he helped build one of the internet’s first search engines.Most recently, he was the Director of Search at Twitter, Inc. … Continued

Michael J. Gelb is the world’s leading authority on the application of genius thinking to personal and organizational development, and the author of 12 books. He is a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, accelerated learning, and innovative leadership. Gelb leads seminars for organizations such as DuPont, Merck, Microsoft, Nike, Raytheon and YPO. He … Continued

Jaime Gross Gillin is Deputy Editor at Dwell, where she writes and edits the magazine’s Profile, My House, and feature stories and contributes regularly to Dwell.com. She also freelances, writing travel, design, art, and culture stories for publications including the New York Times, T (the New York Times style magazine), and Travel + Leisure, where she serves as … Continued

Anthony Gismondi is one of North America’s most influential wine critics. A writer and broadcaster, he is currently in his 14th year at Wine Access, Canada’s national wine magazine and seventh as editor-in-chief. He begins his 23rd year as the weekly wine columnist at the Vancouver Sun where his full-page weekend column is read by some 1,000,000 readers. … Continued

Editor and publisher of Wine & Spirits magazine since 1986, Joshua Greene began working in wine shops during college, later spending a summer as wine captain for Wheatleigh, a small inn in Lenox, Massachusetts. After graduating from Princeton University in 1981, Joshua pursued a career in magazines, starting in management of special interest publications. His involvement with Wine … Continued

Jack Hart is an author, writing coach and former managing editor at The Oregonian, the Pacific Northwest’s largest daily newspaper. At The Oregonian he also worked as a reporter, arts and leisure editor, Sunday magazine editor, training editor, and editor at large. He has additional reporting experience at two other newspapers, holds a University of Wisconsin doctorate in … Continued

Steve Heimoff is a native New Yorker who lives in Oakland. He has written about wine for more than 20 years, first for Wine Spectator, and now for Wine Enthusiast. He has written two wine books for University of California Press and blogs at steveheimoff.com.

Martha Holmberg is a food editor, writer, and consultant to self-publishing authors. She is also the editorial director of Watershed Communications, a brand strategy firm that works with artisan food and drink companies. She is the former food editor of The Oregonian newspaper, the founder and editor of MIX magazine, and was the editor-in-chief of Fine Cooking magazine for 11 years. … Continued

For 30 years, Bob Hosmon has been writing a weekly wine column, first for the Miami Herald and KRT Wire Service and then for the South Florida Sun Sentinel and McClatchy-Tribune News Service. He is also a senior editor at The Wine News magazine, a columnist for Miami Monthly Magazine, has been a restaurant critic for several South Florida publications, … Continued

Jack Irby is the co-founder and managing partner of Hang Time Press, a new-media publishing company. A former technology executive, Jack was the chief technology officer for several Bay Area-based companies including Winebid.com, Colt HR and Benelicious, which received the prestigious “Most Innovative Application” award by Salesforce.com. He is an avid wine and technology enthusiast … Continued