{"id":9359,"date":"2021-05-23T04:21:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T08:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wine365.com\/?p=9359"},"modified":"2021-11-12T12:55:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T17:55:03","slug":"lauren-mowery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/lauren-mowery\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Mowery"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9359\" class=\"elementor elementor-9359\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f069c68 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f069c68\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a0826a2\" data-id=\"4a0826a2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-232527d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"232527d3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ec3639a\" data-id=\"6ec3639a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bbc42ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bbc42ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Sunday Spotlight <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6972ff41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6972ff41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">Shedding some light on your favorite wine writers.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d08f665\" data-id=\"4d08f665\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57ebb522 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57ebb522\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Lauren Mowery<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-341da9c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"341da9c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lauren Mowery is a freelance writer, photographer, and contributing travel editor at <i>Wine Enthusiast<\/i>. She has covered coffee, wine, spirits, food, and travel for national publications including <i>USA Today, Forbes, Fodor\u2019s, Hemispheres, Saveur, Punch<\/i>, and <i>Eating Well,<\/i> among others. Mowery is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Fordham Law School and is halfway down the path towards becoming a Master of Wine.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4fca3199 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4fca3199\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb2f05a\" data-id=\"cb2f05a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b44d06 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b44d06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">1. What was your first job as a writer?<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44c97188 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44c97188\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When I entered law school, I imagined doing something noble in the profession. Fighting for international human rights or the environment. I joined the Fordham Environmental Law Journal as a notes and articles editor for which I edited and submitted work.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: var(--text-tracking);\">My first piece was published in 2001: <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: var(--text-tracking);\" href=\"https:\/\/ir.lawnet.fordham.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1566&amp;context=elr\">Earth Rights, Human Rights\u2014Can International Environmental Human Rights Affect Corporate Accountability<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: var(--text-tracking);\">? Seems not much has changed since I posed that question.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ef95a59 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ef95a59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">2. What led you to becoming a wine writer?<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41052d35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41052d35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Though research and writing are core skills of lawyering, I did not hold a media job until I quit law to pursue wine. As kismet would have it, I landed at a paper faster than with an importer (my back-up wine industry job). In 2012, I joined New York City\u2019s <i>Village Voice<\/i> as the wine and coffee columnist, and my second career escalated from there.\u00a0<\/p><p>My interest in wine started with travel. I credit my grandmother, an agent in the 1990s, who introduced me to the food, people, cities, history, and landscapes of Europe during her agency research trips. I learned to appreciate wine as a facet of culture and snapshot of place.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cc320fc elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4cc320fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">3. What kind of reader do you have in mind when you\u2019re writing?<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10f1dcb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10f1dcb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Americans tend to view wine in a silo, often reducing it to a score or consumer good, divorced from its origin and context. That\u2019s probably because we didn\u2019t see vines in the fields and bottles on our tables growing up. I get it\u2014I\u2019m from Ohio, land of corn and diet Cokes. Thanks to Prohibition, wine never factored into the American lifestyle or its economy until recent decades. Through writing, I try to change that perspective\u2014reframe wine through the lens of the hands and lands that made it. Travel writing helps with that goal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36196b13 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36196b13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">4. Where is the most magical place your wine writing has brought you?<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-351be30a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"351be30a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I fall in love easily. In every wine region, I find something interesting to latch on to, whether the food and hospitality of Lebanon, the beaches and bottarga of Sardinia, or the natural beauty of Margaret River and South Africa. I\u2019m working on a book that addresses this topic: transformative places that influenced my views on wine and life. My agent is Amy Collins of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersmarketplace.com\/members\/SquidInk\/\">Squid Ink Literary Agency<\/a>. We\u2019re hoping for an early 2022 publication date.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-519013c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"519013c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Read Lauren&#8217;s Favorite article here:<span style=\"font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: var(--text-tracking);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/2015\/12\/01\/two-entrepreneurs-set-out-for-war-torn-yemen-in-search-of-a-brew-that-could-change-coffee-drinking-forever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9362\" src=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LMowery-Coffee-Clip.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"945\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LMowery-Coffee-Clip.jpg 945w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LMowery-Coffee-Clip-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LMowery-Coffee-Clip-150x72.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LMowery-Coffee-Clip-768x371.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LMowery-Coffee-Clip-175x84.jpg 175w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/LMowery-Coffee-Clip-450x217.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ef72a12 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ef72a12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">5. What was one of your favorite articles to write, and why? <\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77376726 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77376726\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With a decade of work behind me, it\u2019s hard to pick one piece to highlight. Nevertheless, I\u2019d select <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/2015\/12\/01\/two-entrepreneurs-set-out-for-war-torn-yemen-in-search-of-a-brew-that-could-change-coffee-drinking-forever\/\">Magic Beans<\/a>, my first longform <i>Village Voice<\/i> cover article that ran in December 2015. A few people know I write about coffee with the same fervor as wine. This story, about two coffee sourcers trying to escape Yemen with prized beans during the war, has all the elements of a great thriller: nasty villains, multiple threats, a ticking clock, plot twists, and a sense of doom. Dave Eggers turned this true story into a book with film options. (Yes, I wish I\u2019d pitched this nonfiction saga to literary agents, but at the time, I was thrilled to have made the paper\u2019s front page.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c29ff97\" data-id=\"7c29ff97\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b157c8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1b157c8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"422\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lauren-Mowery-Head-Shot-FLX-_002_.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9360 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lauren-Mowery-Head-Shot-FLX-_002_.jpeg 474w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lauren-Mowery-Head-Shot-FLX-_002_-300x267.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lauren-Mowery-Head-Shot-FLX-_002_-150x134.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lauren-Mowery-Head-Shot-FLX-_002_-175x156.jpeg 175w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lauren-Mowery-Head-Shot-FLX-_002_-450x401.jpeg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 474px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 474\/422;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b54077d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b54077d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lauren Mowery<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56aaee9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56aaee9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Freelance Writer and Contributing Travel Editor for\u00a0<\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 5.6px;\">Wine Enthusiast<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26763798 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26763798\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Follow Lauren on Social:<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-643a8bba elementor-shape-rounded elementor-grid-0 e-grid-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"643a8bba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-twitter elementor-repeater-item-2b80dc2\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chasingthevine?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Twitter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-instagram elementor-repeater-item-b1cc65c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chasingthevine\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Instagram<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-instagram\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24279aa2 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24279aa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">6. What is the best advice someone has given you on your writing? <\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b86ec7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b86ec7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Best advice on writing: Writers hate to write but love to have written. When the process feels insurmountable, know you\u2019re not alone. Writing is supposed to be hard. Also, to improve your writing, you must read prolifically. That\u2019s a firm truth no writer can escape. My grandmother gave me two gifts I carry today: a love of travel and a love of reading. She pointed me down this career path.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-668a8c8e elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"668a8c8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">7. What would you be doing if you weren\u2019t writing about wine?<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-574ee54c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"574ee54c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If I had to give up writing about wine and travel, I might turn to environmental journalism or working with legal groups like Earthjustice. It\u2019s funny how much I\u2019ve learned about climate change through the study of wine because, at its heart, wine is farming, and the wine industry is the \u201ccanary in the coal mine\u201d for agriculture. To see Bordeaux, in the span of my short lifetime, approve six new grapes to help vignerons adapt to evolving conditions, testifies to the pace of looming catastrophic change. Or I might say \u201cscrew the anxiety,\u201d pack my camera, and head somewhere remote like Patagonia. Of course, I\u2019d likely end up at a winery, maybe working in a windswept vineyard in southern Chile. Last woman standing at the end of the earth with a bottle of wine kind of thing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75d40229 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75d40229\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nominate someone for Sunday Spotlight:<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cba15e8 elementor-button-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-form\" data-id=\"1cba15e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;step_next_label&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,&quot;step_previous_label&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,&quot;step_type&quot;:&quot;number_text&quot;,&quot;step_icon_shape&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;}\" 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In 1991,<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/doug-frost\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Doug Frost\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-4297 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-wine-pro-wednesday\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/todd-lipman\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/todd-lipman-pour-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-4298 lazyload\" alt=\"Sommelier Todd Lipman pouring a large bottle of wine in a restaurant\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/todd-lipman-pour-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/todd-lipman-pour-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/todd-lipman-pour-175x175.jpg 175w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/todd-lipman-pour-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/todd-lipman-pour.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/300;\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/todd-lipman\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tTodd Lipman\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tOctober 28, 2020\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Repay every favor granted and be a real person, not a cog in the machine&#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/todd-lipman\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Todd Lipman\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-4154 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-wine-pro-wednesday tag-sommelier tag-wine-pro-wednesday\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wine-pro-wednesday-bernie-sun\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bernie-Sun-wide-300x170.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-4114 lazyload\" alt=\"Wine expert and sommelier Bernie Sun\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bernie-Sun-wide-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bernie-Sun-wide-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bernie-Sun-wide-175x99.jpg 175w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bernie-Sun-wide-450x255.jpg 450w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bernie-Sun-wide.jpg 720w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/170;\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wine-pro-wednesday-bernie-sun\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tBernie Sun\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tOctober 21, 2020\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Bernard Sun &#8212; known to friends as &#8220;Bernie&#8221; &#8212; is one of the country\u2019s most respected sommeliers, and with good reason. 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