Elizabeth Smith is a former community college professor of French and Spanish turned award-winning writer, copywriter, and journalist by way of a detour through the Napa Valley and Sonoma County wine industries.
She is the lead product copywriter for Naked Wines USA, as well as a contributing wine, food, travel, and lifestyle journalist to Food, Wine, and Travel (FWT) Magazine, Napa Valley Life Magazine, the Napa Valley Register, and WineBulletin.net. Elizabeth is also a freelance copywriter for Grovedale Winery, Matt Parish Wines, MonthlyClubs.com, and Scott Peterson Wines.
She won the 2017 Born Digital Wine Award for Best Tourism Content with a Focus on Wine for her feature entitled, “Lodi: Beyond the Zinfandel.” Elizabeth is a member of Les Dames d’Escoffier International Sacramento Chapter and the International Food, Wine, and Travel Writers Association.