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Håvard Flatland lives in the outskirts of western Norway, and tries to use this perspective in his wine writing. His three years as sommelier at Park Hotel Vossevangen gave him a love for mature wines. He is a chef and a pastry chef, and divides his time between the plate and what’s in the glass. His wine column in the local newspaper has been running for ten years, and he provides articles ...

Nicole Wolbers is a German (freelance) wine writer, entrepreneur, and sparkling wine professional. After finishing her WSET Diploma in London, she has worked in the industry in different positions. In 2018, she founded the first German online sparkling wine magazine, with focus on traditional method Sekt. Since then, the SCHAUMWEINMAGAZIN has turned into the leading voice for German-speaking sp...

Brianne Cohen is a Los Angeles based event producer, certified sommelier, wine educator, and wine writer. During the pandemic, Brianne educated and entertained over 7,000 people through her “Virtual Vino” online wine classes, regularly highlighting diverse (i.e. Black, BIPOC, female, and LGBT) owned wineries. She now offers both in-person (and virtual) wine tasting experiences for her corporate...

Emily Saladino is a writer, editor, and recipe developer based in New York. Previously the Digital Managing Editor of Wine Enthusiast and Editor in Chief of VinePair, her writing has been published in The Washington Post, Bloomberg, BBC, Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, and many others. She currently reviews wines from Greece, Crete, and Georgia for Wine Enthusiast. A former professional cook and ...

Krister Bengtsson is a Swedish journalist and entrepreneur with a background in both the media and wine industries. In 2017, he founded Star Wine List with the idea to guide wine lovers to find great wine bars and wine restaurants. Today Star Wine List covers more than 36 countries with recommendations made by wine professionals such as Arvid Rosengren, Paz Levinson and Ruth Spivey. Moreover, w...

Christoph Raffelt started writing about wine in 2007 on his own german blog Originalverkorkt.de. Since then, he has written over 1,000 entries. For more than ten years his written works have been appearing in such publications as Meininger’s Weinwirtschaft, Weinwelt, Sommelier, Champagne-Magazin, Schluck, Trinkmag.com and beginning in 2023, his work will also be appearing in Feinschmecker. Furth...

Erica Duecy is a freelance wine and spirits writer and editor. Most recently, she was employed as Chief Content Officer for the wine-discovery platform Pix and its online magazine, The Drop, where she co-wrote the monthly wine horoscopes column. Previously, Erica worked as Editor in Chief for the American wine/spirits publications VinePair and SevenFifty Daily. She has also led digital editoria...

San Francisco Magazine has called Alder Yarrow “The Wine World’s Brightest Cyberstar” and he is widely accepted as a pioneer of wine blogging. He has been publishing Vinography.Com daily since 2004 and was nominated for a James Beard Award in 2013. In addition to writing for outlets as diverse as the World of Fine Wine and Fine Cooking Magazine, he has been a monthly columnist for Jancis Robins...

Colin Harkness started in the wine industry in the late 1980s when he studied the WSET before opening a restaurant. Since then, he moved to Spain where he has developed a specialism in Spanish wine regions and is a frequent wine judge and the IWSC's Spanish Ambassador. Colin founded the wine column for an English-language regional newspaper group, for whom he wrote for over 20 years, and contri...

After earning a doctorate in history from Cornell and teaching at Tulane, Charlie Leary became an organic farmer and artisan cheesemaker. He was inducted into the Guilde Internationale des Fromagers. He then opened a Creole vegetarian restaurant in New Orleans, directing the wine program. He managed wine programs in Costa Rica, the Dordogne, and Nova Scotia, the latter winning Wine Spectator’s Awa...