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Thanks to these writers who recently contributed content and reviews to MichWine:

KIM ADAMS is based in the Detroit area. She's co-founder and webmasterof the internationally-recognized Gang of Pour wine site, a decade-old chronicle of memorable tastings and interviews.

JOEL GOLDBERG edits MichWine.

SALLY GOLDBERG is a native of Johannesburg, South Africa, where she edited the trade publication South African Wine & Beverage before emigrating to the U.S. 

GEORGE HERITIER is the other co-founder of Detroit's Gang of Pour wine site. A prolific writer when not attending to his day job in retail wine management, he's perhaps best known for his annual hockey season tasting foray into "Red Wings and Red Rhones".

Renaissance man CHRIS KASSEL was formerly the wine writer for the Detroit Free Press, and contributes wine pieces to Hour Detroit magazine. He's currently at work on a video documentary about Michigan wines.

JIM LESTER co-owns and makes wine at Wyncroft, an acclaimed small producer of high-end wines located in Buchanan, in the Lake Michigan Shore wine region.

LARRY MAWBY was recently named one of America's top 40 vintners in The Great Wines of America. He was a wine pioneer in the Leelanau Peninsula, where he makes sparkling wine at L. Mawby Vineyards.

Traverse City-based CARI NOGA first covered the northern Michigan wine business as a reporter for the Traverse City Record-Eagle. Her recent freelance articles appear in such publications as Wines & Vines, Michigan Farmer, and the Traverse City Business News. Her blog also runs on her own Michgrapevine website.

DAVE RUSNELL judges annually at the All-Canada Wine Championships and the Great Lakes Wine Competition. He's the former Director of the Jackson chapter of Les Amis du Vin.

CLAUDIA TYAGI, M.S. is one of Michigan's three Master Sommeliers. She's run the wine program at places as diverse as The Whitney in Detroit and the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, and is currently an independent wine-list consultant, teacher and writer.

 

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