WINE DOGS USA EDITION
RALPH STEADMAN
Ralph has illustrated many books, including Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and the fiftieth-anniversary edition of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. He is the author of The Grapes of Ralph (for which he won a Glenfiddich Food & Drink Award), Untrodden Grapes, Still Life with Bottle, The Book of Jones, and Gonzo. He lives in England.
www.ralphsteadman.com
JOSHUA GREENE
When not breeding labradors, Joshua is the publisher and editor of Wine & Spirits magazine, based in New York.
www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com
BRUCE CASS
Bruce began teaching wine in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1972. Now 33 years and 9000+
happy students later, he has founded the Bruce Cass Wine Lab. Internationally recognized for
his expertise on small-volume California wine producers, Bruce has earned accolades for his work
as a wine educator, editor, freelance wine writer and wine judge.
www.BruceCassWineLab.com
DAN BERGER
Dan is a nationally syndicated wine columnist who also publishes a weekly newsletter on wine, Vintage Experiences, and is Editor-at-Large for Appellation America.
www.vintageexperiences.com
SALLY ASHTON AND ZAR BROOKS
Sally is the proud owner of two boy Basenjis, Nyam Nyam and Zebedee, whose capacity to distract her whilst she is writing is matched only by their ability to chew up her favorite books. Such is life in a world where her dogs always have the last word! Zar is the principal sophist of wine industry consultants Stranger & Stranger, ie. A typist who drinks. He is often walked by the abovementioned cork hounds.
CRAIG McGILL
Craig is one of the founding principals of Giant Dog publishing and contributed all non-attributed text for Wine Dogs Original, Deluxe and USA Editions. He also photographs exclusively for the Wine Dogs series of books and calendars.
www.realnasty.com.au
SUSAN ELLIOTT
Susan is one of the founding principals of Giant Dog publishing and solely responsible for the design and layout of the Wine Dogs series of books and calendars. She is also Creative Director of McGill Design Group in Sydney Australia
www.mcgilldesigngroup.com
JAMES BODDINGTON
James has over 18 years experience as a professional photographer. He enthusiastically travelled around the USA without being bitten once!
ROBERT M. PARKER JR
Robert was born in Baltimore, Maryland and initially pursued a career in law. His interest in wine began in 1967 and it wasn’t long before Robert had started to carve out a spectacular career in wine writing that now spans over 28 years. He is the founder of The Wine Advocate and is the contributing editor for Food and Wine Magazine. He also periodically contributes to other magazines including The Field and France’s L’Express. He is the author of many best-selling and awarded wine books including Bordeaux, Burgundy, Parker’s Wine Buyer’s Guide and The Wines of the Rhone Valley and Provence. Robert’s bulldog George won the coveted “Palme Dog” prize at the Cannes film festival for best canine performance in a film for his cameo in the documentary Mondovino.
www.thewineadvocate.com
HARVEY POSERT
Harvey is an author and public relations consultant in Napa Valley. With over 40 years public relations experience in the wine industry, he is widely known as ‘The PR Man’.
www.harveyposert.com
ADAM LECHMERE
Adam is editor at large of Decanter magazine. He lives in London with his wife and three daughters, and spends a good deal of time in wine country from Bordeaux to Barossa via California and Burgundy. He has a taste for great Bordeaux and great Pinot, and will go many miles for the perfect bottle of Gruner Veltliner.
www.decanter.com
ML HILTON
Melodie is editor of WineCountry.com and over the years has written on a number of wine-related topics. She lives in Napa, CA with her lazy beagle, a terrier-mix that growls at people when they leave, two kids, and a stray turtle.
www.winecountry.com
COLE DANEHOWER
Cole is a James Beard Foundation Journalism Award-winning wine and food writer, founder of the Oregon Wine Report, Co-Publisher of Northwest Palate magazine, and is owned by Monty, an exceptionally intelligent and rambunctious Chow/Golden Retriever mix.
www.oregonwinereport.com
DARRYL ROBERTS
Darryl is founder/publisher of Wine X Magazine. He resides in Santa Rosa, CA with his two cats (and the neighbor’s barking dogs).
www.winexmagazine.com
JACK BURTON
Jack is a well-traveled chef/author who lives and works with his picnic partner Janette in Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California. His amusing guidebooks to California Wine Country as well as many stories, recipes and photos can be found on his website.
www.sonomapicnic.com