Katherine Cole es una escritora y periodista estadounidense especializada en vinos , radicada en Oregón . Es editora colaboradora de SevenFifty Daily y productora ejecutiva y presentadora del podcast sobre comida y bebida The Four Top , ganador del premio James Beard . [ 1 ] Es autora de cuatro libros sobre vino: Rosé All Day , [ 2 ] Voodoo Vintners , un libro sobre viticultura biodinámica , [ 3 ] Complete Wine Selector: How to Choose the Right Wine Every Time, [ 4 ] y How to Fake Your Way Through a Wine List . [ 5 ] Cole afirma que desea que el consumo de vino sea "accesible para todos". [ 6 ]
Carrera
Cole fue columnista de vinos de The Oregonian entre 2002 y 2015. [ 7 ] Sus artículos también se pueden encontrar en Wine Spectator , wine-searcher.com, The World of Fine Wine , Wine & Spirits y otras revistas y sitios web nacionales e internacionales. Estudió con la International Sommelier Guild y ha impartido clases de periodismo en la Universidad Estatal de Portland .
Katherine Cole también es la creadora de una aplicación para teléfonos inteligentes llamada "Oregon Wine, the App". [ 8 ] La aplicación incluye más de 150 bodegas de Oregón, con descripciones, fotografías e indicaciones para llegar a cada una. [ 8 ] Cole fue nombrada una de las 75 personas, lugares y sabores más influyentes del año que darán forma a la forma en que bebes en 2014, en la edición de enero/febrero de 2014 de la revista Imbibe . [ 9 ] También apareció en el documental de 2014 "American Wine Story". [ 10 ]
Libros
Cole is the author of four books. Voodoo Vintners, published in 2011, reveals the mysteries of biodynamic winegrowing, and the Oregon winemakers behind this revolution.[11] She first became interested in the topic after tasting an Oregon Pinot Gris that had been made with biodynamic grapes.[12]Voodoo Vintners explores the history of biodynamic winegrowing and includes a chapter which addresses criticism of the movement.[13] The book was a finalist in the Louis Roederer International Wine Book of the Year, in the International Wine Writers' Awards. In 2013, she published Complete Wine Selector: How to Choose the Right Wine Every Time. In Complete Wine Selector, Cole organizes the wines by "style" rather than by region or variety.[14] She also writes Complete Wine Selector in a "chatty, approachable style.[5]The Wall Street Journal has recommended How to Fake Your Way Through a Wine List for beginner wine drinkers.[15]Rosé All Day: The Essential Guide to Your New Favorite Wine, was published in 2017. According to Cole, she started working on the book when she noticed that: “quality rosé sales were up 60% while the rest of the table wine market was growing at less than 5% in the United States.[16][17]
Personal life
Cole is 47 and divorced. She holds degrees from Harvard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[18] She lives in Portland, Oregon[19] with her two daughters.
References
- ↑"Author: Katherine Cole". SevenFifty Daily.
- ↑"Katherine Cole focuses new book on rosé - a Northwest favorite". Great Northwest Wine. 24 May 2017.
- ↑Jabine, Angie (2 July 2011). "'Voodoo Vintners,' Review: Digging Into Biodynamics and Great Wine". Oregon Live. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ↑McIntyre, Dave (10 December 2013). "Best Wine Books of 2013". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- 12Howard, Bob (2 December 2015). "Food For Thought: New Releases". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ↑Hendrickson, Jennifer Cossey (7 May 2014). "Q&A With Wine Writer Katherine Cole". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ↑"Katherine Cole - For The Oregonian/OregonLive". connect.oregonlive.com.
- 12"Oregon Wine, the App". Los Angeles Times. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ↑"The Imbibe 75." Imbibe, January/February 2014: 48. Print.
- ↑Virbila, S. Irene (24 April 2014). "'An American Wine Story' Film Follows Those Who Just Have to Make Wine". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ↑Asimov, Eric (8 August 2011). "A Seasonal Thirst for a Good Read". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ↑"Oregon Means Biodynamic Wine Brilliance". Food Republic. 30 September 2011.
- ↑"An excerpt from Voodoo Vintners"(PDF).
- ↑Butler, Grant (3 December 2013). "Katherine Cole's 'Complete Wine Selector' Makes Choosing the Right Wine a Snap: Book Review". Oregon Live. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ↑Teague, Lettie (3 December 2015). "The Five Best Wine Books for Beginners". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ↑"The drinks business meets Katherine Cole".
- ↑"3 new wine books to guide our interest in drinking pink". Washington Post.
- ↑"An Interview with Communications Director Katherine Cole". Vin.
- ↑McIntyre, Dave (7 November 2014). "Documentary Captures Spirit of Winemakers". Daily Herald.
External links
- Official website
- Living people
- American women journalists
- Writers from Portland, Oregon
- Harvard College alumni
- Wine writers
- American women food writers
- Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni
- 21st-century American women