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Meet Madeline Triffon - First American Female Master Sommelier

Meet Madeline Triffon - First American Female Master Sommelier

Madeline Triffon has traversed the eddies of being not only a female pioneer in the until recently male­-dominated US wine business, but more so in being the first Master Sommelier of her gender. W...

MEET MONIKA CHRISTMANN - INSIDER INTERVIEWS BY DAVID FURER

MEET MONIKA CHRISTMANN - INSIDER INTERVIEWS BY DAVID FURER

Prof. Monika Christmann and I met in Chicago soon after she'd completed her time working on Simi Winery's winemaking team having begun as Department Head for both Oenology & Wine Technology and...

Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Jean Arnold-Sessions

Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Jean Arnold-Sessions

Jean Arnold-Sessions' career has been greatly centered around wineries in northern California: Chateaux St. Jean and Montelena, J, Jordan, Chalk Hill, Williams Selyem, Laurel Glen, Rudd, and for th...

Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Carole Meredith

Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Carole Meredith

Best known for her UC Davis research group's pioneering use of DNA typing in differentiating Vitis Vinifera varieties and elucidating their parentages, Carole Meredith's first career has helped in ...

Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Dr. Liz Thach, MW

Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Dr. Liz Thach, MW

Dr. Elizabeth “Liz” Thach, MW is a Professor of Management and Wine Business at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California, areas of expertise including Wine Business Strategy, Human Resou...

Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Meridith May

Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Meridith May

In 2007 Meridith May had been serving as publisher/editor of California-based veteran Paterson’s Beverage Journal with Anthony Dias Blue, its ongoing columnist, when the two bought the name ‘Paters...

Women in Wine on the Rise

Women in Wine on the Rise

The second half of 2013 saw an upsurge in activities for women in wine in South America. In December at the Museo del Vino was the first meeting of the Asociación de Muejeres del Vino del Uruguay (...