![]() ![]() Our second place finish put us on the US Wine Tasting Team to compete in France in October 2019. In July 2019, Sue Hill and I competed in the US Wine Tasting Championships. In February 2019, I graduated from the VinItaly Italian Wine Ambassador Course in LA. With help from Sue Hill, I published almost 100 articles. In 2018, in addition to attending industry wine events in LA, I joined the LA Wine Writers group for luncheons and a week long press trip to Oregon. Press trips took me to LA, Lodi, San Luis Obispo, Napa, Lake, El Dorado, and Mendocino counties. I attended the International Food Bloggers Conference in Sacramento and the Wine Bloggers Conference in Santa Rosa. In 2017, I published over 100 posts, many with an emphasis on food and wine pairings. In 2016, I presented at both the International Food Bloggers Conference in Sacramento and the Wine Bloggers Conference in Lodi (where I was the concluding speaker of the conference). In 2015, I continued my wine education by attending numerous industry events in LA as well as participating in various online tasting events with wines from around the world. In 2014, I attended WBC14 in Santa Barbara and the Wine Tourism Conference in Paso Robles, CA. In 2013 I won a scholarship to attend the Wine Bloggers Conference in Penticton, Canada I also participated in a press trip to Lake Chelan, Washington. In 2012, I participated in the Wine Bloggers Conference in Portland where I gave an Ignite!Wine presentation. I also spoke about wine and food pairing at the International Food Bloggers Conference in Santa Monica. In 2011, I explored by VW van the wine regions of the Northwest: Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Northern California. In 2010, I won a scholarship to attend the Wine Bloggers Conference in Walla Walla as well as a pre-conference trip to learn more about Washington wine. In November 2009, I went to the European Wine Bloggers Conference then to the Alentejo Region of Portugal on a wine tour sponsored by Enoforum WInes. GRADUATE, VinItaly Wine Ambassador CourseĪfter starting my Art Predator blog November 2007, I began Wine Predator and attended the First Wine Bloggers Conference in Sonoma in 2008, followed by the second in 2009. WINNER, Jancis Robinson Wine Writing Contest Wine Predator Gwendolyn Alley, winner 2022 Wine Writing Contest ![]()
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