Lydia Richards

Lydia Richards Lydia is a Certified Sommelier from the Sommelier Society of America, and currently a WSET Level 4 Diploma candidate. Originally from Panama and currently living in New York, she has worked in various areas of the wine industry, including retail,...

Maria Calvert

Maria Calvert Maria was born in Quito, Ecuador but grew up in Queens, NYC. Before transitioning to food & wine, Maria was the VP of Global Communications and Charity Committee Co-Chairman at a currency broker on Wall Street. After several years in finance, in...

Åsa Johansson

Åsa Johansson Freelance writer Åsa Johansson moved to Italy in 2001. After graduating from the University of Florence with degrees in Political Science and Journalism, and recently obtaining her WSET Diploma, she writes about wine, food, and travel for magazines in...

Roberta Garibaldi

Roberta Garibaldi Roberta Garibaldi, CEO of ENIT – The Italian National Tourist Board, is professor of Tourism Management at the University of Bergamo and holds various positions at national and international levels, including membership on the Board of Advisors...

Maureen Downey

Maureen Downey Dubbed ‘The Sherlock Holmes of Wines’, Maureen Downey, is an independent expert on fine and rare wine and wine collection management, and is the foremost global authority on wine fraud, counterfeit wine and fine wine authentication.  She advises the...