Wine Spectator Taster Profiles
Each Wine Spectator editor generally covers the same wine regions from year to year. These "beats" remain constant, allowing each lead taster to develop expertise in the region's wines. A taster's initials at the end of a wine tasting note indicate that the rating and review were created by that taster in one of our blind tastings. View bios of the senior tasters by clicking on their names.
Kim Marcus, Senior editor, Napa
Tasting beat: California, Argentina, Chile
Thomas Matthews, Editorial advisor, New York
Tasting beat: Spain
Bruce Sanderson, Senior editor, New York
Tasting beat: Italy, Burgundy, Austria, Germany
James Molesworth, Senior editor, New York
Tasting beat: California, Bordeaux, Rhône Valley, Port
MaryAnn Worobiec, Senior editor and senior tasting coordinator, Napa
Tasting beat: California, Australia, New Zealand
Alison Napjus, Senior editor and tasting director, New York
Tasting beat: Italy, Champagne, Alsace, South Africa
Tim Fish, Senior editor, Napa
Tasting beat: California, Oregon, Washington, U.S. sparkling wines
Gillian Sciaretta, Associate editor, New York
Tasting beat: France, Israel, Portugal, Spain
Associate tasting coordinators: Aaron Romano (Napa) and Cassia Schifter (New York)
Assistant tasting coordinators: Eszter Balogh and Monika Mrakavova (New York)
Emeritus editors: James Laube and Harvey Steiman
Former tasters: Per-Henrik Mansson, Aleks Zecevic