John Brecher
Senior Editor, Grape Collective | @dottieandjohn
John Brecher is known for long-form journalism at The Wall Street Journal, which won seven Pulitzers during his tenure as Page One Editor, as well as breaking news (City Editor of The Miami Herald) and mentoring (Executive Editor for Enterprise at Bloomberg News, Executive Story Editor at USA Today Network). He also has led writing courses at major companies.
He and his wife, Dorothy J. Gaiter, created The Journal’s wine column, which they wrote for 12 years. They are the authors of four books and invented Open That Bottle Night, a global celebration of wine and friendship that was a question on Jeopardy! They have two daughters. Their papers are housed at the Warren Winiarski Wine Writers Collection at UC Davis.