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.
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.
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.
Pietro Ratti
As the owner of Ratti, he has made the Piedmont winery one of the most celebrated for its unique expression of Barolo.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
VOICES editorial director has spent her career exploring the world, its past, present and future, through the lens of arts and ideas – and now wine.
Simon Ward
Artistic, quick thinking and insightful, the Spinach Branding senior designer brings creative life to VOICES.
Theodora Thomas
The Spinach Branding assistant has a passion for contemporary art and investigating art history’s influence on modern culture.
Helen Cathcart
The photographer has ridden with gauchos across Patagonia and hung out of helicopters, all in the name of that perfect shot.
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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.
Roberto Fortunato
The photographer was seduced into a life in wine growing up in Piedmont, surrounded by the landscapes of the Langhe and Roero.
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.
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.
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.
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.
VIRGINIA MILLER
A seasoned food and drinks writer, she is a regular columnist at The Bold Italic, The Local Tongue, Distiller, Gin Magazine.
ALICE ACHEYO
As the founder of The Wine Linguist, the wine consultant’s mission is to expand the language of wine through global cuisines.
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.
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.
JOEL RANDALL
He is a former Condé Nast editor and seasoned lifestyle writer for a number of publications including Essence and Ebony.
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.
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.
Jonathan Bell
The architecture specialist is an editor at Wallpaper* and has authored several books, including “The Contemporary House”.
Kristen Lee Sergeant
The New York jazz singer and sommelier’s column “Jazz & Juice” pairs wine and music that mutually exemplify one another.
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”.
William Hersey
An editor at Esquire UK, a highlight was a visit to the hallowed Bordeaux’s Château d’Yquem whose wine has had him seduced since.
David White
The founder of Terroirist.com and author of “But First, Champagne” visits Albi to explore the Washington, DC restaurant’s inventive wine program.
Tom Seymour
The arts specialist is an associate editor at The Art Newspaper and has bylines in the New York Times and The Guardian.
Nikki Meftah
The co-founder of Emergeast.com is an NFT enthusiast with an avid passion of disseminating art collecting to a wider audience through the blockchain.
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.
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.
Debika Ray
From her base in London (and occasionally India), she writes about the arts, culture, cities and society.
Katie Kelly Bell
The Atlanta wine, food and travel writer’s byline appears in Condé Nast Traveler, Forbes and Robb Report.
Emma Mrkonic
The newest member of the Maze Row team, whose year spent studying for an international MBA in Veneto catapulted her into the world of wine and wine culture.
Ashley Jappe
With a vision to bring diverse and avant-garde voices to the wine scene, the Maze Row luxury portfolio manager has helped bring VOICES to life.
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.
Blake Gilbert
His southern matriarchal grandmother’s love of food led the Maze Row senior business manager to a life in wine.
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.
Pam Strayer
A wine writer and expert on organic and biodynamic wines in the US, she consults with Vivino and is senior editor for Slow Wine Guide USA.