James Beard Award-Winning
Fine Wine Expert
The author of five books on wine, Katherine works across the disciplines of communications, digital media, journalism, and branding. She currently writes a column for Decanter and works with fine wineries as Communications Director at Vin Agency.
As a journalist, Katherine has been honored with both a James Beard Award and an IACP Award, tapped as a 67 Pall Mall Wine Communicator Finalist and a Louis Roederer International Wine Writer finalist, and was named to the “Imbibe 75” list of “the people, places and flavors that will help shape the way we all drink.”
She has moderated and presented at wine conferences worldwide.
Previously, Katherine was creator, Executive Producer, and host of The Four Top (2016-2025), an award-winning podcast that continues to stream via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your digital audio. She also contributed to national and international food and wine publications, and served as contributing editor at SevenFifty Daily and wine columnist for The Oregonian newspaper.
A graduate of Harvard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Katherine is a member of the Circle of Wine Writers and Les Dames d’Escoffier International. She is an active volunteer and currently serves on the board of LIVE.
