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Barbara Widmer
As owner and winemaker of Tuscan winery Brancaia since 1998, through organic practices and principled winemaking, she crafts some of Tuscany’s boldest wines.
Pietro Ratti
As the owner of Ratti, he has made the Piedmont winery one of the most celebrated for its unique expression of Barolo.
MARILISA ALLEGRINI
As the head of Poggio al Tesoro, she carries on the legacy of her father Giovanni who was a visionary viticulturist credited for revolutionizing Amarone and appassimento winemaking.
Bernardino Sani
Argiano’s CEO and winemaker worked on vineyards across Europe and the US, before returning to Italy to help redefine the Montalcino winery.
TELMO RODRÍGUEZ
The visionary Spanish winemaker is re-shaping the conversation of what defines “Rioja” at Bodega Lanzaga.
FRANCESCO TORNATORE
With premier vineyards on Mount Etna’s Northern slopes, as CEO of Tornatore, he leads a team who make wines of grace and depth from native varieties.
Giuseppe Tornatore
Working alongside his father Francesco, Giuseppe is creating a unique collection of wines at the Sicilian winery on the foothills of Mount Etna
Randall Grahm
The pioneering winemaker’s passionate belief in vin de terroir has guided his journey to craft wines of distinction and a clear expression of California’s Central Coast through The Language of Yes.
Francesco Allegrini
Alongside his brothers Giovanni and Matteo, and cousin Silvia, the third-generation in the Allegrini family heads one of the leading names in Amarone wine in Valpolicella.
SILVIO JERMANN
The visionary owner of Jermann has been crafting distinct whites that challenge the status quo and have earned the Friuli winery worldwide fame.
FELIX JERMANN
Working alongside his father Silvio Jermann, he helps run the family’s Friuli estate, crafting distinct white wines that challenge the status quo.
ANDREA PIEROPAN
Pieropan produces some of the finest wines in Soave, thanks to Andrea and his brother Dario, the fourth generation to run the esteemed family estate.
DARIO PIEROPAN
Alongside his brother Andrea, Dario continues their father, Leonildo Pieropan’s legacy for producing the most accomplished wines in the Soave country.
Oscar Lorandi
As chair of Cantina Girlan, his role is vital in ensuring his team of winegrowers deliver the best quality grapes, and the winemakers excel at the Alto Adige winery.
Neal and Judie Ibbotson
Through commitment and passion, the couple behind the revered New Zealand winery, Saint Clair Family Estate, have spearheaded Marlborough’s Sauvignon Blanc revolution.
Joe C. Gallo
As the founder of Maze Row, he oversees the direction of VOICES, driving its editorial vision and shaping the brand’s strategic and creative initiatives.
Suzanne Denevan-Brown
The Maze Row director is a student of life, a believer in universal connection, and a disciple of the art of hospitality. Food and wine help her understand the world.
Leigh Banks
Spinach Branding's partner and branding director loves nothing more than helping businesses reveal their most unique, honest and engaging brand stories, as he demonstrates with VOICES.
Adam Thomas
As partner and creative director at Spinach Branding, he leads a team who believe in timeless yet timely design, as he demonstrates with VOICES.
Nargess Banks
The VOICES editorial director looks at culture in its broader sense, guiding the publication to be at the intersection of food, wine and the arts.
Simon Ward
Artistic, quick thinking and insightful, the Spinach Branding senior designer brings creative life to VOICES.
Rebecca Holden
The senior designer at Spinach is a meticulous and highly versatile creative with a flair for both decorative and technical illustration.
John Irwin
Maze Row’s Italian wine specialist studied film before devoting his career to wine, delighted to discover both fields are defined by auteurs making the world ever richer.
Helen Cathcart
The photographer has ridden with gauchos across Patagonia and hung out of helicopters, all in the name of that perfect shot.
Rob Lawson
Lover of photographing all things drinks related for the last 20 years, he shoots the Maze Row collection of fine European wines throughout VOICES.
Stephanie Gallo
Thanks to her broad vision, the chief marketing officer at Gallo is helping shape the future of wine and redefining how we enjoy and connect over it.
EMILY WINES
She sits on the US Court of Master Sommeliers board of directors, using her platform to encourage inclusion, transparency and more meaningful communication.
Jancis Robinson
She is one of the most respected wine authorities in the world, and the author of several key wine books, including The Oxford Companion to Wine.
STEPHEN SATTERFIELD
The chef, sommelier and food writer’s Netflix series, High on the Hog, challenges conventional historical narratives via recipes that tell multiple stories.
Stephen Bayley
The writer and critic, and co-founder of Design Museum in London, has made it his life’s mission to unravel the riddle of taste.
JAY MCINERNEY
The author of 1980s cult book (and film) Bright lights, Big City, which kick-started the “Brat pack” scene, has led a parallel career as a wine writer.
MICHEL ROUX
The Michelin-starred chef of Le Gavroche hails from a dynasty of chefs, with his father and uncle bringing haute cuisine to the UK.
PAULINE VICARD
Raised in a winemaking family in Burgundy and with deep wine knowledge, through her think tank ARENI Global, she helps shape the future of fine wine.
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VIRGINIA MILLER
A seasoned food and drinks writer, she is a regular columnist at The Bold Italic, The Local Tongue, Distiller, Gin Magazine.
Jordan MacKay
The New York writer and speaker on beverage and food, and author of several books, loves day drinking more in theory than execution.
Rania Zayyat
She founded Lift Collective to help forge a fairer wine world. The Austin sommelier and Bufalina wine director speaks of her role as an activist and sommelier.
MJ Towler
The founder of The Black Wine Guy Experience podcast went from a totally obsessed wine newbie to a fine and rare wine auctioneer in less than three years.
Tahiirah Habibi
The entrepreneur is the founder of The Hue Society, a community-based organization providing access and resources for Black, brown and Indigenous communities.
PETER YEUNG
The co-author of Luxury Wine Marketing, is a wine industry executive and podcaster on the business of wine, with a focus on luxury wine.
Whitney Pope
Through Whit + Wine, the Washington, DC sommelier has made it her mission to excite and educate guests in the world of natural wine.
Brian Freedman
Author of Crushed, the writer specializes in food, wine and travel, and works as a restaurant and beverage consultant, drinks educator, podcaster and event speaker.
Pablo Eguzkiza
A disciple of Jean-Claude Berrouet of Pétrus, the winemaker co-owns Bodega Lanzaga, the Rioja winery he set up with Telmo Rodríguez.
Stevie Staconis
As a wine and hospitality thought-leader, she co-founded Bâtonnage with Sarah Bray for women in wine, and co-owns Bay Grape wine shops and MAMA Oakland restaurant.
Sarah Bray
A co-founder of Bâtonnage forum with Stevie Staconis, and executive director of the Wine Writer’s Symposium, the DipWSET is an educator and writer.
Mashama Bailey
As executive chef and co-owner of The Grey, she has transformed a former Greyhound bus station into one of Savannah, Georgia’s most compelling dining destinations.
Alice Waters
A pioneer of sustainable, seasonal cuisine, she revolutionized American food culture with her iconic restaurant, Chez Panisse in Berkley, California.
Hélène Darroze
Known for her bold, refined French cuisine, her Michelin-starred restaurants in London and Paris blend tradition with modern flair, earning global acclaim.
Daniela Soto-Innes
A trailblazer in Mexican cuisine, her vibrant, creative flavors have earned her recognition as one of the world’s top chefs.
Virgilio Martínez
The chef-restaurateur, and founder of MIL and Lima’s Central, is redefining Peruvian cuisine through innovation and cultural preservation.
Pía León
Celebrated for her innovative take on Peruvian cuisine, she crafts unique culinary experiences by merging local ingredients with traditional techniques.
Tamika R. Frances
Through Food & Folklore, the Boston-based culinary creative explores the question, “What does home taste like?” by offering classes, pop-ups, and building community.
Laila Gohar
The New York-based, Egyptian-born culinary artist blends food, art and culture to create immersive, storytelling-driven experiences through design for a host of brands.
Virginie Boone
California-based, she writes about wine, spirits and travel for such outlets as Wine Spectator, Food & Wine, Somm Journal, Tasting Panel, Wine Enthusiast and GuildSomm.
Cathy Huyghe
The award-winning wine writer, technology entrepreneur and mindfulness proponent, she constantly seeks micro moments of joy.
Carlo Ferrini
The legendary Tuscan wine consultant is a serial winemaker of the year award-winner, who began his career working for the Chianti Classico’s growers’ association, later becoming a consultant for over 100 Italian wineries, including Brancaia.
Amanda Barnes MW
The wine writer and the award-winning author of The South America Wine Guide knows a thing or two about the region’s wine culture.
Jessica Dupuy
Co-host of Another Bottle Down, the author and writer covers food, wine and spirits from her base in Austin, Texas with her work appearing in Decanter, Wine Enthusiast and Imbibe.
Robin McBride and Andréa McBride John
The siblings are founders of the McBride Sisters Wine Collection in California, the largest female Black-owned wine business in the US.
ALICA TOWNS
Through her non-profit organization Wine Unify, the wine expert champions and promotes diversity within the wine industry.
Kathleen Willcox
With a keen interest in sustainable issues, she writes about drinks, travel and culture, while her work appears regularly in Wine Searcher and Wine Enthusiast.
ALICE ACHEYO
As the founder of The Wine Linguist, the wine consultant’s mission is to expand the language of wine through global cuisines.
MARIE-LOUISE SCIÒ
As creative director of the Pellicano Hotels in Italy, and founder of style platform Issimo, she is the embodiment of sprezzatura.
SKINNY PABLO (AKA JOHN PHILLIPS)
Originally from Guam and based in Mosel and Paris, the Riesling enthusiast is a cutting-edge underground music producer, artist and designer.
William Simons
With the advanced certification through the Court of Master Sommeliers, Albi’s wine director crafts a diverse program to express the restaurant’s hearth-fired cuisine.
CYNTHIA CHAPLIN
With over 20 years experience in the wine industry and is an Italian Wine Ambassador, WSET educator, Professor of Italian Wine, and host on Italian Wine Podcast.
Gerhard Kofler
Managing winemaking at Cantina Girlan since 2005, the Girlan native gained experience in Piedmont and Alto Adige, and is a strong proponent of single vineyard wines.
Julie and Serena Ibbotson
The second-generation siblings, along with their brother Tony, help run Saint Clair Family Estate, the Marlborough winery their parents Neal and Judie founded in New Zealand.
Jarrah Prior
As general manager of wine at the Marlborough winery Saint Clair Family Estate, he attends to the winegrowers and winemakers, and on his time off enjoys a touch of surfing.
Amanda Fraga
Sommelier and beverage director at The Genuine Hospitality, the Miami native has helped Michael’s Genuine become a wine destination.
Emily Roux
Hailing from a family of revered chefs, with her husband Diego Ferrari, they run the Michelin-starred Caractère in Notting Hill, London.
Jonathan Bell
The architecture specialist is an editor at Wallpaper* and has authored several books, including The Contemporary House.
Will Hersey
As former editor at Esquire UK, a highlight was a visit to the hallowed Bordeaux’s Château d’Yquem whose wine has had him seduced since.
Kristen Lee Sergeant
The New York jazz singer and sommelier’s column Jazz & Juice pairs wine and music that mutually exemplify one another.
Roberto Fortunato
The photographer was seduced into a life in wine growing up in Piedmont, surrounded by the landscapes of the Langhe and Roero.
Kyla Marshell
The New Yorker’s work can be found in Kinfolk, O Magazine and The Ringer, while Ebony named her one of "7 Young Black Writers You Should Know".
LAWRENCE ULRICH
The New England writer and former chief auto critic at The New York Times writes about motor cars and travel, and food and wine.
Arjav Ezekiel
His wine program exists on a parallel plane to the co-owner Tracy Malechek’s deliciously seasonal menu at Austin restaurant Birdie’s.
Caroline Styne
At the hip Downtown L.A. Proper Hotel and its restaurant, Caldo Verde, the Master Sommelier curates a program to perfectly enhance chef Suzanne Goin’s CalMed cuisine.
Nikita Malhotra
At Smithereens in New York, the co-owner and beverage director’s entire wine list is an exercise in pairing, but not necessarily with dish-by-dish precision in mind.
Sean Friel
As Mother Wolf LA wine director, his program is designed to enhance the food experience as he believes wine and food should always be mutually enhancing.
Edwin Heathcote
The architecture and design critic and commentator, he is the author of a number of books including, most recently, On the Street: In-Between Architecture.
MATTHEW LANDY
The Vancouver-based sommelier is an educator and wine judge. He is the founder of Tannin Management, a full service consultancy and aspiring Instagram meme account.
Jillian Anthony
The former editor of Time Out New York hosts the Cruel Summer Book Club podcast, where she has honest conversations with artists and authors.
Abbie Moulton
The London-based wine and food writer has a byline in the Evening Standard and is the co-author of New British Wine.
KURT ZDESAR
Having established Nobu in Europe and democratized fine dining with Ping Pong, the restaurateur is taking Japanese-Puruvian Nikkei cuisine to the world with Chotto Matte.
RICHARD HOUGH
A writer and editor for the Italian Wine Podcast and Mamma Jumbo Shrimp with a particular interest in the economics, politics and history behind the wine industry.
KYLE O’NEILL
The Fiorella general manager and wine director is using his wine program to help celebrate simplicity and authenticity at the South Philly restaurant.
Jacob Brown
The Lazy Bear’s beverage director in San Francisco finds inspiration in the endless wealth of local Califorinian products.
Eric Crane
The Georgia native is the director of training for Empire Distributors, a wine and spirits educator, and serves on the board of directors at SommSouth.
MARVELLA CASTAÑEDA
As wine director at Lazy Betty in Atlanta, she pairs sought-after wines with high-end dishes through the restaurant’s tasting menu.
AARON PHILLIPS
The executive chef and partner at Lazy Betty sees the spirit of community at the heart of Atlanta’s dynamic culinary scene.
Tom Seymour
The arts specialist is a senior editor at Chanel, was formally museum editor at The Art Newspaper and has bylines in the New York Times and The Guardian.
Debika Ray
The culture writer and editor is program director for London Design Festival and London Design Biennale.
CHASITY COOPER
The Chicago-based award-winning writer and wine culture expert aims to make wine accessible through storytelling, education and travel experiences.
Alessandra Piubello
The Verona-based Italian author and journalist writes about food and wine, and collaborates on national guides and leading sector magazines.
Theodora Thomas
The Spinach Branding assistant has a passion for contemporary art and investigating art history’s influence on modern culture.
CHRISTIAN ROBERTSON
From a family of winemakers, the American in London still can’t decide if buying, making or selling great wine is the best job, so he is usually found doing all three.
REBECCA FINEMAN
The Master Sommelier co-founded Ungrafted with her husband Chris Gaither firmly intended as a welcoming neighborhood restaurant.
CHRIS GAITHER
Alongside his wife Rebecca Fineman, the Master Sommelier runs Ungrafted in San Francisco as a popular neighborhood joint and a bottle shop.
MIKE MACEACHERAN
The Scotland-based award-winning travel journalist has authored guidebooks and has bylines in National Geographic, Lonely Planet and Conde Nast Traveler.
Lilah Raptopoulos
A journalist based in Brooklyn, she is US editor of Globetrotter for the Financial Times.
Danielle Naer
From her base in New York, she writes and edits style and lifestyle content, with work found across Vogue, The Zoe Report and Editorialist and more.
JOEL RANDALL
He is a former Condé Nast editor and seasoned lifestyle writer for a number of publications including Essence and Ebony.
Sarina Garibović
The sommelier and founder of the “hi-fi” wine bar Small Hours, is a fervent believer that wine should be democratized though education, she sits on the board at Twin Cities Somms.
Sam Cassidy
The musician founded Small hours in Minneapolis with Sarina Garibović as an intimate “hi-fi” wine bar focused on the pleasures music can bring to the experience of wine.
Stephanie Gravalese
The food and beverage writer and Forbes contributor delves into diversity in food culture across the US and looks at the people behind it.
GABRIELA GARCIA
The lifestyle writer was senior beauty editor at Editorialist.com, an editor at The Everygirl, and has bylines in Glamour, Her Agenda and Remezcla.
Jason Barlow
A committed vinyl junkie and music lover, the writer, author and broadcaster is editor-at-large for BBC Top Gear, and his most recent book is Atlas of Car Design.
Chandra Kurt
The Swiss wine expert runs Weinseller and has authored books and writes for magazines about wine culture, history, people and landscapes.
Sophie Preece
The editor of New Zealand Winegrower has written about the wine industry for more than 20 years, from explorations of emerging science to profiles of extraordinary pioneers.
Matt Wilson
He started out photographing skaters and hip hop bands. Now, from his two bases in Chile and Australia, he captures the vibrant world of winegrowing and winemaking.
Magnus Resch
Much like collecting fine wine, in his latest book How to Collect Art, the art-world insider and Yale University professor of art economics argues that the best approach to collecting is to follow a specific set of guidelines.
Molly Oustad
As wine director at Bludorn, she curates and manages Houston’s most enviable and diverse wine lists.
JASON IRVING
Topper’s beverage director in Nantucket has curated a wine list of precious bottles to complement the bountiful seafood and gleaming sunsets.
CHARLIE REYES
The DJ, bartender and certified sommelier founded Audio Culture, a music curation service focused firmly on the hospitality industry.
David White
The Washington, DC-based wine and beverage writer is the founder of Terroirist.com and author of But First, Champagne.
Paris Pryor
She's uncorked a world filled with delightful grape juice, and can be found running service and the wine program at the Michelin star Francie in Williamsburg.
BECKY SUE EPSTEIN
Fascinated with wine and spirits, the New England native worked as a restaurant reviewer in Los Angeles before locating back East.
Aaron McClean
The photographer is based on a small farm in the Far North of Aotearoa New Zealand, capturing food, people and landscapes, wherever that takes him.
MEAGHAN ROBINSON
The beverage director at Alchemy has helped transform the Martha’s Vineyard stalwart into a spellbinding experience for oenophiles.
Chris Hall
The Unsukay chef from Atlanta fancies himself a Southern gentleman, full-time whiskey drinker, and general ne’er do well.
Katie Kelly Bell
The Atlanta wine, food and travel writer’s byline appears in Condé Nast Traveler, Forbes and Robb Report.
Blake Gilbert
His southern matriarchal grandmother’s love of food led the Maze Row senior business manager to a life in wine.
Brett Davis
Maze Row master sommelier’s wine epiphany came via a bottle of ‘79 Bâtard-Montrachet, a grilled baguette and some aged Époisses. He talks of his approach to wine education.
Stephanie Caraway
Maze Row’s luxury group accounts manager brings with her a wealth of knowledge, great passion and a unique perspective to the wine industry.
Angela Scott
Travel and Italian wines are her passion as the Maze Row specialist shares her thoughts on wines with a connection to place, and vintages that epitomize terroir.
Emma Mrkonic
A year studying for an international MBA in Veneto catapulted the former member of Maze Row’s marketing team into the world of wine and wine culture.
MARYAM AHMED
Co-founder of the Diversity in Wine Leadership Forum, through Maryam + Company she connects chefs, sommeliers and organizations to champion diversity, sustainability and community access.
Ashley Jappe
With a vision to bring diverse voices and multiple lenses to the wine scene, the former Maze Row luxury portfolio manager helped bring VOICES to life.