Elaine Chukan Brown serves as a wine writer and global wine educator specializing in topics on climate action and sustainability, as well as social justice in a wine context. Their writing also appears in On California from the Academie du Vin, The Oxford Companion to Wine, and The World Atlas of Wine. They previously served … Continued

Dorothy J. Gaiter, senior editor of Grape Collective, is an award-winning journalist and author, who with her husband, John Brecher, conceived and wrote The Wall Street Journal’s wine column until 2010. They have studied wine since 1973, and written four books about it. She was a reporter, editor, columnist and editorial writer at The Miami … Continued

Ray Isle is the executive wine editor for Food & Wine and the wine & spirits editor for Travel + Leisure. He writes F&W’s monthly “What to Drink Next” column as well as regular feature articles for F&W and T+L’s print issues. He has won the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) award for narrative … Continued

Betsy Andrews is a wine columnist for Departures.com. She is also an editor-at-large for Rodale’s Organic Life magazine and a contributor to The Wall Street Journal, Food & Wine, Arrive, and other publications. She is the former executive editor of Saveur magazine and editor of Saveur DRINK. She has also been a dining critic for … Continued

Davina Baum has 17 years of experience in journalism, 10 of those years in online content. During her tenure as managing editor at CHOW.com, the site won a James Beard Award for Best Food Website and was twice nominated for National Magazine Awards. At AFAR, which was a finalist for a National Magazine Award in … Continued

Matt Bean is the Editor in Chief of Sunset Magazine and an entrepreneur advising start-ups and early-stage companies. He is the former editor-in-chief of Men’s Health. Formerly he was senior vice president of editorial innovation at Time Inc., where he led a group charged with extending the company’s award-winning content. Bean came to that role from Entertainment Weekly, where he was editor. … Continued

Jon Bonné is one of the leading American voices on wine and food. Currently he serves as managing editor of Resy, and spent nearly a decade as the wine editor and chief wine critic of The San Francisco Chronicle, where he co-edited its award-winning Food & Wine section. He also has served as lifestyle editor … Continued

Ali Bouzari is a culinary scientist, author, educator, and co-founder of Pilot R&D, a culinary research and development company, and Render, a new food company that collaborates with the best restaurant chefs in the country to reinvent the way food lovers eat. As a chef with a Ph.D. in food biochemistry, Ali has helped to … Continued

Julia Coney is a Washington, D.C. and Houston, Texas-based wine writer, wine educator, and consultant. Her wine writing includes stories on wine, winemakers, and the intersection of race, wine, and language. Julia is the Wine Consultant for American Airlines in partnership with the James Beard Foundation. Julia is the recipient of Wine Enthusiast’s 2020 Social … Continued

Callie Crossley is Host/Executive Editor of “Under the Radar with Callie Crossley Show” on Boston’s WGBH-FM, 89 7. ‘Intelligent talk’ is the hallmark of the one-hour Sunday night show which examines the small local stories often missed or overlooked by the big media outlets.  The talk show is the third radio program she has helmed … Continued