Laura Levy Shatkin, a veteran multimedia journalist and certified sommelier, has spent the past eighteen years crafting fascinating stories on food, wine, spirits, and travel. After a decade as restaurant critic and wine guru at Chicago Reader, Laura moved into broadcast TV and video with WineTasteTV.com and Taste on NBC5 Chicago. She was nominated for a Peter Lisagor Journalism Award, nominated for a daytime Emmy, and is now a freelance content creator in traditional media, digital media, and podcasting. She currently contributes to the Chicago Tribune, Somm Journal, Chicago Sun-Times, Napa/Sonoma magazine and About Town magazine, San Diego. Most recently, in 2016, Ms. Shatkin launched the popular wine and craft food scene podcast SommTalks.com, which is on iTunes and TuneIn Radio. Globetrotters and Winemakers Blair and Caroline Guthrie established their own label in 2013 Guthrie Family Wines and also make the wines for their family winery Stewart Cellars in Yountville California. |
