alison napjus
Senior Editor and Senior Tasting Coordinator, New York
Tasting Beat: Alsace, Beaujolais, Champagne, Italy
Alison Napjus, who has worked in Wine Spectator's New York office since 2000, is currently Wine Spectator's lead taster on Champagne, Alsace and Beaujolais; she also tastes the wines of northeastern Italy and Penedès in Spain. She has written numerous tasting reports and feature stories for Wine Spectator and WineSpectator.com. In 2012, she presented a tasting seminar on Krug Champagnes at the New World Wine Experience in Los Angeles. She was promoted to senior editor in December 2012.
As senior tasting coordinator in Wine Spectator's New York office, Napjus is responsible for training new staff members, managing the cellars and coordinating blind tastings.
Napjus graduated from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration and worked at a number of restaurants; at the time she joined Wine Spectator, she was a manager at New York's Tribeca Grill, which later earned a Wine Spectator Grand Award.
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