Elaine Chukan Brown

Elaine Chukan Brown

Elaine devotes their work in wine to helping build greater equity for underrepresented communities, removing gatekeeping in the industry and strengthening climate action. Their book The Wines of California was published in Spring 2025.
David Nilsen

David Nilsen

David is an Advanced Cicerone© and a member of the North American Guild of Beer Writers and the British Guild of Beer Writers. He’s the host of the Bean to Barstool podcast, the author of Pairing Beer & Chocolate, and the co-editor of Final Gravity, A Beer...
Ian Bancroft

Ian Bancroft

Ian is a writer and former diplomat based in the former Yugoslavia. He is the author of a novel, Luka, and a work of nonfiction, Dragon’s Teeth: Tales From North Kosovo.
Jillian Dara

Jillian Dara

Jillian is a freelance writer and editor reporting on wine, spirits, travel and culture. She enjoys reporting on the intersection of them all for publications including Food & Wine, Decanter, Imbibe, and of course, Full Pour.
Jim Clarke

Jim Clarke

Jim is an award-­winning writer, covering wine and sake professionally for the past 20 years. In 2020, the Classic Wine Library published his book, Wines of South Africa.