Welcome to the Listen to Me Wine Podcast. LTMW is a Wine and Culture podcast hosted by Wine Club Philippines General Manager Michael William Reyes (WSET Level II). LTMW’s mission is to break down popular wine culture’s barrier to entry and cultivate appreciation specifically among Millennials and the emerging Gen Z. LTMW will include perspectives from wine makers, sommeliers, chefs, and any other professionals/enthusiasts who’s work or interests intersect with wine.
Today's guest is Elaine Chukan Browne. Elaine serves as the American Specialist for JancisRobinson.com, is a contributing writer to Wine & Spirits, and a columnist for Wine Business Monthly. Her work has also been featured in The World of Fine Wine, The Robb Report, MensHealth.com, San Francisco Magazine, among others, and appears on her own website, WakawakaWineReviews.com. Elaine is known for having created illustrated tasting notes, which have been described as "a new standard in wine reviews." Prior to her career in wine, Elaine served as a philosophy professor at Northern Arizona University. She was Dartmouth College's Charles A. Eastman Fellow, and a Tomlinson Fellow at McGill University, where she did her doctoral work. Prior to her career in philosophy, Elaine was a commercial salmon fisherman in Bristol Bay, Alaska, where the rest of her family still operate their businesses. Follow Elaine Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/hawk_wakawaka/