Virginia Wine Trade Intensive

Antoinette Landragin brings over 20 years of wine trade experience as the Brand Manager for the Loudoun Wineries & Winegrowers Association and as the CEO of Cork & Fork Fine Wine Merchants in Washington, DC.

Antoinette launched "Uncork Loudoun," a trade marketing initiative that elevates the profile of Virginia's dynamic wine region through coordinated industry outreach, professional events, and strategic communications. Her work bridges traditional winemaking knowledge with modern marketing... Read More →

Crystal Cameron-Schaad, DipWSET, is the owner and lead educator at Crystal Palate, a wine boutique and tasting room in Norfolk, Virginia.

Crystal is a certified wine educator with Wine & Spirt Education Trust (WSET), and offers the WSET L1-L3 courses at Crystal Palate as a satellite provider for Vitis House. She is also a certified sommelier with the Court of Master Sommeliers, a keynote speaker, and writer. Crystal... Read More →

For the last ten years, Swati owned and operated Flight Wine Bar in Washington, DC. Her goal was to provide a neighborhood spot featuring small-production and minimal intervention wines. Flight was nominated as a James Beard semi-finalist for Outstanding Wine Program twice and was... Read More →

Robert Jones grew up in Roanoke VA and holds a BA in Psychology from Roanoke College. He received the Master Sommelier diploma in March 2001 and since June of 2001 has worked as a national account manager for the wine importing company Kysela Père et Fils, LTD. He also runs the wine... Read More →

Erin hails from Market Street Wine in central Virginia, a wine hub dedicated to sustainability, wine education, and community building. She’s also a content creator and wine journalist, and has written articles for Wine & Country Living, Wine & Spirits, Knife & Fork magazine, and... Read More →

Megan Seibel is co-owner of 15 Peaks, a Roanoke-based vineyard and wine label rooted in more than two decades of Virginia winegrowing. With permission from her father-in-law, Megan spearheaded planting the first four of twenty acres of vines in March of 2000 on limestone outcroppings... Read More →

Todd Henkle began his winemaking journey in 2012. He worked alongside winemaking and vineyard consultants for the first few years at Lost Creek until becoming the Winemaker & Vineyard Manager in 2015. Todd’s first vintage at Lost Creek won multiple accolades including a San Francisco... Read More →

Boela Gerber is an internationally recognized winemaker whose career has spanned continents and decades, earning him a reputation for craft, curiosity, and restraint. A graduate of Stellenbosch University with a BSc in Agriculture focused on oenology and viticulture, Boela went on... Read More →

Corry brings many years of winemaking experience from a variety of regions, including South Africa, France, Australia, New Zealand, California, and Oregon in addition to her native Virginia.  A graduate of the University of Virginia, she is excited to be in Charlottesville making... Read More →

Joy Ting is an independent Virginia winemaker producing small-lot wines under her own label, Joy Ting Wine. She sources fruit from local vineyard partners and makes her wines at the Virginia Wine Collective in Charlottesville. Before launching her own project, Joy worked at Michael... Read More →

James Tidwell is a writer, speaker, and educator. Tidwell founded and produces the TEXSOM Conference and produces the TEXSOM Awards.He consulted on The World Atlas of Wine 8th Edition as well as the forthcoming update to the Oxford Companion to Wine, contributes to the annual Hugh... Read More →

Growing up in Williamsburg, Virginia, Booth was torn between two passions: food and music. Choosing music, he studied percussion at Berklee College of Music and spent years performing, but a harvest job in Sonoma County in 2005 changed his path. The blend of art, science, and camaraderie... Read More →

Growing up, Grayum Vickers wanted to study tornadoes. After earning a Graduate degree from Florida State University for meteorology, Vickers moved to Brooklyn, New York, where his roommate at the time, a bartender at New York’s Death & Co, helped him land an interview at The NoMad... Read More →

Kabir is the co-owner of Flight Wine Shop alongside his wife and business partner, Swati Bose. Originally from Afghanistan, Kabir was sent to Hungary at 15 for safety and educational opportunities before reuniting with his family in San Diego at age 20. After years of working and... Read More →

Sedale is a writer and editor focused on the stories and conversations that are not being told enough. His passion is for stories related to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of the industry. A Virginia-native, Sedale focuses on people and places wine is enjoyed outside of typical... Read More →