Jenelle Bonifield
Photographer and Designer
A photographer and art director based in metropolitan Phoenix, Jenelle Bonifield loves to roam …
Elaine Chukan Brown
Foreword
Elaine Chukan Brown serves as the American specialist for JancisRobinson.com, and as contributing writer to Wine & Spirits Magazine. She contributed to…
T. Scott Stephens
Introduction
Stephens travels extensively to wine regions all over the globe to explore the culture of wine and the diversity of its people and places. He is a sommelier and…
Erik Berg
Writer
Award-winning historian and writer Erik Berg has been exploring and researching the unique history and culture of …
Darla Hoffmann
Writer
A Certified Sommelier and recipient of the Walter Clore Scholarship, (an award earned by the highest scorer for a Level 2 Court of Master Sommeliers Exam) Darla S. Hoffmann is the owner of …
Elizabeth Krecker
Writer
When she was 12, Elizabeth Krecker’s parents fell in love with California wine. It was 1969 and …
Cody Burkett, CSW
Introduction to Verde Valley
Cody Burkett, CSW, also known as the Arizona Wine Monk, has been involved in the Arizona wine industry since 2013. A former seminarian, …
Pavle Milic
Introduction to Sonoita-Elgin
Born with gracious hospitality genes – a gift from his Colombian mother and Yugoslavian father – Pavle Milic entered the restaurant business at …
Nikki Check
Introduction to Willcox
A second-generation Arizonan, Nikki Check began her college career at Yavapai College and received her degree in agriculture, …
Michelle Jacob
Introduction to Metro Tasting Rooms
Years of tending bar, consulting, and restaurant management afforded Michelle Jacob countless opportunities to explore (and indulge in) food, spirits, and …
Annabel Sclippa
Introduction to Outlier Wineries
Along with being a winemaker 30 years ago, Sclippa was the marketing director and VP of the Cottonwood Old Town Association when it was…
Richard Betts
Arizona Wine Festivals
Thrust into the world of wine in 1974, Richard worked his first crush in the fermenting room of the Louis M. Martini Winery in Napa Valley, California, …
Laura Golder Kenney
Copy Editor
A former New York City book editor and high school English teacher, Laura has worked since 2005 with at-risk youth through drama and art and as an editor…
Libby Floyd Davis
Proofreader
Libby Floyd Davis learned to love Arizona wines initially through the vineyards of LDV Winery in Pearce, Arizona. She had the opportunity to visit LDV Winery…
Thomas Bonifield
Art Director
Thomas has been an artist for over 30 years, beginning his career as a technical artist, working on a drafting table using Rapidograph pens. He progressed into…