Kristin Milles
Dalla Terra Winery Direct

Kristin Milles has specialized in Italian wines for 12 years, and has explored 19 of the 20 regions. Her love for Italy and all things Italian began while watching her grandmother and aunts make pasta at the kitchen table, and was solidified with a university course in Florence. Kristin speaks fluent Italian and visits Italy at least once a year.

Elliot Stern
Oakville East Wine Company

A third generation wine industry veteran, Elliot Stern has senior management experience and is also an educator in the Wine Studies Program offered by the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley. A founding partner of The Sorting Table, Elliot brainstormed the inspiration for a collaborative effort with his neighbors to create a one-of-a kind luxury wine from vineyards on the “Magic Mountain.”

Eric Sothern
Robert Sinskey Vineyards

Eric worked in San Francisco’s restaurant industry for several years before realizing the wine business was where he wanted to be. He holds an Advanced Certificate from the UK-based Wine and Spirits Educational Trust and is finishing up the diploma program of the same organization. He teaches WSET classes at Copia in Napa, where he currently resides.

John Fetzer & Patty Rock
Saracina Vineyards

Saracina Vineyards is a joint project of wine industry veteran, John Fetzer, and his wife, Patty Rock. Working with winemakers and winemaking consultants, they have created a boutique Mendocino County winery. The wines are sourced from organically and biodynamically farmed vineyards and are noteworthy for their handcrafted winemaking protocols and lush California fruit. The wines consistently receive critical acclaim from wine reviewers and the general media.

David Langford
Yalumba Winery

A native of New Zealand, David Langford says working for Yalumba Winery, Australia’s oldest family-owned winery, has been the highlight of his 30 year career in the wine business. David says, “Traveling across this country, the most important wine market in the world, and seeing the changes in the wine business, consumer interest, and education, over this time has been an extraordinary opportunity.”