I am a Master of Wine who lives between Brooklyn's DUMBO neighborhood and the vineyards of the world. I was the 7th woman in the US to earn the MW title. There are just over 50 Masters of Wine in the US; many more people have been into outer space! My wine career began after a tour in finance that began in Dallas and ended in New York by way of Paris, where my budding passion for wine was cemented.

Speaker and Media Host
My recent appearances include Wine Masters TV, FOX Business, Chief Wine Officer, Grace Farms, Wine Empowered, ProWein, VinExpo, Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair, TEXSOM and Napa Valley Wine Academy. 

My corporate event client roster includes Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Rackspace, Fitch Ratings and Mitsubishi UFG Financial Group, among others. 

Writer
In 2014, the Roederer Awards short-listed me for the Online Wine Communicator of the Year Award. My work has been published by Decanter, Wine Enthusiast, Wine-Searcher, Huff-Post, Edible Green Mountains, FICOFI, Food Arts, Kendall-Jackson and Tim Atkin. (See more here.) 

I am the Consulting Editor of the GOURMAND AWARD-winning book, Rock and Vine. I am also the Italian Wine Editor for three other books: Sunday Pasta, Garrubbo Guide: The Importance of Eating Italian and the Professional Wine Reference.

Restaurant and Retail Wine Buyer
I have directed extensive wine programs for fine-dining restaurant groups. I oversaw 16 restaurants as the National Wine Director for Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group, with whom I opened two new restaurants. I opened many more as the Corporate Beverage Director for Culinary Concepts by Jean-Georges Vongerichten, managing programs in restaurants and hotels from Istanbul and Doha to Vancouver and Bora Bora. 

As a consultant, I most recently revamped the wine list for Loch Lomond Golf Club. I reconfigured the wine programs and trained staff at Ilili and the former Gordon Ramsay at The London, and I wrote the opening wine list for the Co. pizza concept from Jim Lahey of Sullivan Street Bakery.

In the retail sector, I directed wine purchasing programs for New York-based retailers Italian Wine Merchants and Zachys, while also overseeing their Washington, D.C. and Hong Kong operations.

Critic
As a Panel Chair at the International Wine Challenge and as a reviewer for Wine Enthusiast’s Importer Connection, I critique and judge wines from around the world. I also on the I also have led or judged with panels at Decanter World Wine Awards, Argentina World Wine Awards, TEXSOM International Wine Awards and Singapore's Wine Pinnacle Awards to name just a few.