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W. Blake Gray is author of “California Winetopia,” a Japanese-language guide to California wines. He was previously a staff wine writer/editor for the San Francisco...
Liz Willette got bitten by the wine bug while living in Beaune, France. At the time she was working for Butterfield & Robinson, a high-end active travel company...
Richard Leahy has been writing about wine for consumers and producers since 1986. He was a regional editor for Kevin Zraly’s American Wine Guide, and was...
Ashton Keefe is the Owner/Executive Chef of Ashton Keefe LLC. Culinary Lifestyle Services, which specializes in boutique catering, food styling and culinary...
Sondra Barrett, PhD fell in love with food early on when she starting reading cook books as a young girl. She hasn’t stopped since. She earned a PhD in biochemistry...
Jon Thorsen is the founder of the popular blog The Reverse Wine Snob: Thumbing My Nose At Bottles Over $20!. The idea behind the blog...
Kay Zink the founding president of www.AtoZinfandel.com and serves on the company’s national board as the Director of Social Media and writer. She is also...
Author Archives: Liz Willette
About Liz Willette
Liz Willette got bitten by the wine bug while living in Beaune, France. At the time she was working for Butterfield & Robinson, a high-end active travel company. She happened to live with a woman who was running Kermit Lynch’s French office so she was able to drink the best wines of France. She then moved to Italy and focused her education on Italian wines while researching and guiding trips for Butterfield & Robinson. One winter in the Dolomites, she ran the wine bar in a Relais & Chateau hotel with a two-star Michelin restaurant. It was there, between ski runs, that she chose the wines for a dinner that chef David Bouley was having at the restaurant while on his research trip for his new restaurant, The Danube. After dinner, David asked Liz to move to New York City as the assistant sommelier at The Danube. After some time with Bouley, Liz then moved into the distribution side of the business, first working for Michael Skurnik Wines for 5 years. In 2006, she started her own distribution business, Willette Wines, with the wines of Jean Louis Chave. From there she grew her business for 6 years, and eventually merged it with Grand Cru Selections in spring 2011. She is now a partner in Grand Cru, a fine wine importer and distributor.
A Guide to Alcohol Content in Wine
There’s much controversy these days surrounding the alcohol content in wine. Sommeliers, retail buyers and consumers all seem to be obsessed about that little percentage point on the bottom of the wine bottle. Personally I think way too much attention … Continue reading
How to Work with Wine Brokers
There are many ways to run a successful wine distributorship. Depending on who you ask, wine brokers are either an indispensable part of the equation or an unnecessary middle man. I am a big fan of a balanced approach. I … Continue reading
Sparkling Wines and Champagnes for the Holidays
There is nothing more comforting and terrifying than that moment where you realize from whence you come. It might be when you find yourself obsessing over the color of your new bedroom and say to yourself “oh my god I … Continue reading
How to Get Your Wine Noticed by Local Sommeliers and Restaurants
If there is one thing I have been accused of in my six years of having my own wine distribution business, it’s that I have a portfolio that caters to restaurants more than wine retail stores. I have always taken … Continue reading
How to Store Wines
I get asked a lot about wine storage … perhaps because I live in New York City where space is like Grand Cru Burgundy – there is never enough and it’s expensive. Maybe it’s because wine service in restaurants confuses … Continue reading
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