Our Favorite Wines of 2009

The Palate Press staff looked back on 2009, offering our tasting notes on the best wines we drank. We hope you enjoy them, and will tell us about your favorites, too.

Elizabeth DeHoff

Elizabeth DeHoff regularly writes about wine at Crushworthy.

Gabriella Opaz

Based in Barcelona, Gabriella Opaz is the co-founder of Catavino.net, a comprehensive website dedicated to the food, wine and culture of Iberia. Gabriella is also a member of the Circle of Wine Writers, and co-founder of the European Wine Blogger’s Conference.

Remy Charest

Remy Charest is one of the editors at PALATE PRESS: The Online Wine Magazine, where he focuses on wine stories from Canada. Rémy has been writing about wine and food for over ten years, now, and loves just about everything about all that tasty stuff. New flavours and evolutions in the wine world always seem [...]

Becky Sue Epstein

Becky Sue Epstein is the International Editor at PALATE PRESS: The Online Wine Magazine. Becky Sue is an experienced editor, broadcaster and consultant in the fields of wine, spirits, food and travel. Currently she is based in New England and holds several positions requiring a substantial amount of worldwide wine- and spirits-related travel: » Senior [...]

Jeff Lefevere

A journalist by education and a technology sales and marketing professional by career, Jeff marries both as the author of the popular national wine blog Good Grape:  A Wine Manifesto.   Writing daily since 2006, Jeff’s contemporary and pragmatic take on the culture of wine has led to three nominations and two wins in the [...]

Meg Houston Maker, Executive Editor

Meg Houston Maker is a nonfiction essayist currently writing a memoir of home. She’s also an experienced cook and gardener, passionate about growing, preparing, and sharing beautiful food. Her interest in local, sustainable, and organic agriculture gives her a particular appreciation of terroir, the expression of place through food. Meg chronicles her foodie exploits—from wine [...]

Arthur Z. Przebinda

Arthur Z. Przebinda focuses on California wine stories, particularly those from the Central Coast, for PALATE PRESS: The Online Wine Magazine. Arthur founded redwinebuzz.com in 2006 to focus on California’s Central Coast wine country and to offer general wine information. Since then, redwinebuzz.com has grown to be the foremost authority on Central Coast wine. His [...]

Sonadora

As one of our wine editors, Sonadora focuses on small family wineries. Sonadora started the blog Wannabe Wino about 3 years ago, following herself and her husband as they drink their way through the 500 and growing bottles living in their basement. She posts on a near-daily basis and covers wine reviews, vineyard visits, and [...]

Lenn Thompson

Lenn Thompson is the American Editor for PALATE PRESS: The Online Wine Magazine. Lenn, a proud Pittsburgh, PA native, moved to Long Island nearly a decade ago and promptly fell in love with the region’s dynamic and emerging wine industry. An Internet marketing guru by profession, he founded LENNDEVOURS in early 2004 to share his [...]

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