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𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒑𝒂 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰.

“Christian Oggenfuss, DipWSET is a natural leader and the strategic business mind of our company. I call him a walking idea chamber,” says Academy co-founder Catherine Buggé, DipWSET.

By Laurie Wachter Under the visionary leadership of founder and CEO Christian Oggenfuss, DipWSET, the Napa Valley Wine Academy has grown into an

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𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒂𝒎 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰. “My family has been picking grapes, pruning vines and working in vineyards for two generations,” Sam Parra says. “They wanted more for me.” He adds, “I really wanted to embrace and honor my Hispanic heritage, because I see that as part of my overall mission to change the perception of our culture and its role in wine culture.”

By Kathleen Willcox    For decades, the Venn Diagram intersection of the Latinx and the wine communities happened solely in the vineyard. Slowly but surely, that’s changing — thanks to […]

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𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒖𝒓 𝑨𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆́ 𝑯𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰. With New Jersey in his heart and wine on his lips, Andre Hueston Mack has created an empire by making fine wine fun and accessible. “Some folks think that he’s had success because he just got lucky,” says friend and mentor Mack McDonald. “But he’s worked hard at it and done his homework.”

By Laurie Wachter Andr Hueston Mack left at the pinnacle of his career as head sommelier of Thomas Kellers Per Se restaurant in New York City for

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