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Wine Industry Advisor is proud to announce the legendary Warren Winiarski as one of our Wine’s Most Inspiring People Award recipients! It’s hard to imagine what the wine world would be like if Winiarski had not seen something special in an old prune orchard in Napa, which he converted to vineyard in 1970. By 1973, wine coming from the property was earning local raves.
January 20, 2023
Wine Industry Advisor is proud to announce the legendary Warren Winiarski as one of our Wine’s Most Inspiring People Award recipients! It’s hard to imagine what the wine world would be like if Winiarski had not seen something special in an old prune orchard in Napa, which he converted to vineyard in 1970. By 1973, wine coming from the property was earning local raves.

By Laura Ness   It’s hard to imagine what the wine world would be like if not for Warren Winiarski, the visionary who saw something special in an old prune […]

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Wine Industry Advisor is proud to announce Terry Wheatley, president of Vintage Wine Estates, as one of our Wine’s Most Inspiring People Award recipients! Trailblazing a path for women in the wine industry for half a century, Wheatley has earned a reputation for determination, innovation and true grit.
January 18, 2023
Wine Industry Advisor is proud to announce Terry Wheatley, president of Vintage Wine Estates, as one of our Wine’s Most Inspiring People Award recipients! Trailblazing a path for women in the wine industry for half a century, Wheatley has earned a reputation for determination, innovation and true grit.

By Laura Ness   You have to admire the gumption of a newly married, fresh out of college woman, who tells her rodeo cowboy husband as he’s leaving on yet […]

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Wine Industry Advisor is proud to announce marketer, teacher, mentor and entrepreneur Elizabeth “E” Slater as one of our Wine’s Most Inspiring People Award recipients! Over a more than 30-year career, Slater has honed her wine marketing skills to razor sharpness and then shared her knowledge as a teacher, speaker, consultant and industry advocate.
January 17, 2023
Wine Industry Advisor is proud to announce marketer, teacher, mentor and entrepreneur Elizabeth “E” Slater as one of our Wine’s Most Inspiring People Award recipients! Over a more than 30-year career, Slater has honed her wine marketing skills to razor sharpness and then shared her knowledge as a teacher, speaker, consultant and industry advocate.

By Elizabeth Hans McCrone A plethora of adjectives have been used to describe Elizabeth “E” Slater, owner of In-Short Direct Marketing, a premier, coast-to-coast, wine industry consulting business: inspiring; dynamic; […]

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Mazza has combined a life in the vineyards (at his family’s Mazza Vineyards — now Robert Mazza Inc.) with a passion for promoting and advancing the Pennsylvania wine industry. Over the years, he’s played a key role in founding several state and national wine advocacy organizations, including the Pennsylvania Wine Association, Pennsylvania Wine Marketing & Research Program Board, and what would become WineAmerica.
January 13, 2023
Mazza has combined a life in the vineyards (at his family’s Mazza Vineyards — now Robert Mazza Inc.) with a passion for promoting and advancing the Pennsylvania wine industry. Over the years, he’s played a key role in founding several state and national wine advocacy organizations, including the Pennsylvania Wine Association, Pennsylvania Wine Marketing & Research Program Board, and what would become WineAmerica.

By Paul Vigna   Bob Mazza has been behind the wheel of his family’s namesake winery in northwest Pennsylvania since 1972. And you’ll find that driving is an appropriate metaphor […]

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Tom Gamble is constantly looking for new ways to improve both his vineyards and the surrounding lands. Over the years, he’s moved steadily toward organic farming while also fostering local sustainability initiatives such the Napa River Restoration Project, Fish-Friendly Farming, Napa Green and more.
January 12, 2023
Tom Gamble is constantly looking for new ways to improve both his vineyards and the surrounding lands. Over the years, he’s moved steadily toward organic farming while also fostering local sustainability initiatives such the Napa River Restoration Project, Fish-Friendly Farming, Napa Green and more.

By Laurie Wachter   Tom Gamble’s driving passion is to ensure Napa County’s biodiversity endures for generations. His experimental lab is Gamble Family Vineyards, where he’s the third generation to […]

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Nominations Open for Wine’s Most Inspiring People 2023
October 27, 2022
Nominations Open for Wine’s Most Inspiring People 2023
Submit your nomination for the wine industry’s Most Inspiring People.  Today is the first day to submit nominations for Wine Industry Advisor’s annual Most Inspiring People Awards.  In 2018, Wine Industry Advisor (WIA) began recognizing 10 inspiring people from our industry each year. The wine industry is extremely fortunate to have many exceptional people among its ranks, and this recognition is a way to highlight them and encourage and inspire future generations. Nominees can be from any sector of the wine trade, including growers and winemakers, writers and sommeliers, publicists and attorneys, all the way up to managers and CEOs. Many of these leaders are home grown from various wine regions and others have brought their passion and ingenuity from other industries. Nominate the one person you think is making a positive influence in wine and beyond.  See our 2022 MIP award winners.  WIA nominations are open to the industry in an effort to find
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