Cristie Norman

Cristie Norman

Cristie is a wine educator and sommelier, creator of “the Online Wine Course for Beginners” and cofounder/president of the United Sommeliers Foundation, which has provided over one million dollars in financial assistance for wine professionals in crisis. She currently...
Kerin O’Keefe

Kerin O’Keefe

Kerin is the founder of kerinokeefe.com, a site dedicated to Italian wine. She is also the author of Brunello di Montalcino: Understanding and Appreciating One of Italy’s Greatest Wines and Barolo and Barbaresco: The King and Queen of Italian Wine.
Layla Schlack

Layla Schlack

Currently the food reporter for Hearst Connecticut Media Group, Layla has edited magazines such as Whetstone and Wine Enthusiast and written for outlets including Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Food52 and Food & Wine.
Sean Sullivan

Sean Sullivan

When he’s not sipping on a glass of wine in Woodinville’s Warehouse District, Sean can be found writing about and reviewing wine at Northwest Wine Report, an online publication he established in 2004 dedicated to the wines and wineries of the Pacific...
Phantasm Fantasy

Phantasm Fantasy

Image courtesy Phantasm The true story of how a brewery owner turned to wine grapes to create the beer world’s most innovative new ingredient. WORDS Brandon Hernández Olfactory senses play a major role in one’s interpretation of overall flavor. In beer, those...