Antonio Galloni’s career as one of the most trusted and respected wine critics in the world spans over a decade. In 2004, while a graduate student at MIT, Antonio founded Piedmont Report, the first in-depth, English language journal solely focused on Italian wine. Antonio's success led him to Robert Parker and The Wine Advocate where he became the lead critic and covered the wines of California, Italy, Burgundy and Champagne. At TWA Antonio spearheaded the production of video content, developed numerous public events and seminars such as his highly anticipated “La Festa del Barolo,” and ran numerous charitable events. Vinous is the continuation of a vision for a contemporary wine media platform first conceived by Antonio with Piedmont Report in 2004.

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Neal Martin began his wine career more than twenty years ago with a Japanese import company specializing in Bordeaux and Burgundy. Regularly visiting both regions, he rapidly gained first-hand knowledge of their wines and winemakers. Discovering a love for writing, in 2003 he started his own website, Wine Journal that rapidly gained a global audience attracted by its independence, insight and irreverent style. Its popularity prompted Robert Parker to ask him to join The Wine Advocate in 2006, eventually taking over responsibility for coverage of Bordeaux and Burgundy. In 2012 he published the seminal book on Pomerol that won the André Simonand Louis Roederer awards for wine literature. Having established himself as one of the foremost wine writers and critics, in 2018 he rejoins his former colleague Antonio Galloni at Vinous, charged with expanding coverage of Bordeaux and Burgundy, as well as South African and New Zealand wines (as well as the odd musical recommendation).

Eric won fans on Vinous' subscriber forum YourSay, long before he joined Vinous from the Morrell Wine Group, where he served as the Director of Wine and Marketing for five years. Eric was responsible for driving Morrell’s retail marketing campaigns, wine program, and authoring the highly acclaimed Morrell Holiday Catalog. Eric’s formal training in cooking and music round out his diverse personal interests.

Rebecca Gibb MW is an award-winning wine journalist, author of The Wines of New Zealand and one of only 409 Masters of Wine in the world. A former winner of the UK’s Young Wine Writer of the Year and the inaugural Louis Roederer Emerging Wine Writer of the Year, Rebecca became a Master of Wine in 2015. In a record class of 24 graduates, she was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award and the Madame Bollinger medal in recognition of her outstanding tasting ability. Her work has appeared in numerous prestigious publications, including Decanter, World of Fine Wine, LUX and Wine Business International. Having lived in New Zealand for six years (2010-2016), Rebecca has since returned to her roots in the north of England where she lives with her Kiwi husband and six-year-old son.

Anne Krebiehl MW, German-born but London-based, is a widely published writer, lecturer and wine judge. Her work has been featured in numerous publications, including The World of Fine Wine, Decanter, Wine Enthusiast and Falstaff International Magazine, where she served as editor-in-chief. Anne completed her WSET Diploma in 2010 and was admitted to the Institute of Masters of Wine in September 2014. She is a highly in-demand lecturer and judge at various events throughout the world. Her first book, The Wines of Germany, was published in Infinite Ideas’ Classic Wine Library and won the Domaine Faiveley International Wine Book of the Year 2020 award at the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards.

On paper, Joaquín Hidalgo is ideally placed to be a successful wine critic: not only does he have a degree in Winemaking from the Liceo Agrícola, he also has a degree in Journalism from the National University of La Plata. Since 2003, Joaquín has been living in Buenos Aires where he writes about wine and food for several major media outlets including weekly columns for La Nación, the major national newspaper, and La Mañana de Neuquén. He is regularly heard on radio and co-founded vinomanos.com, the first mobile guide to Argentine wines.

Based in Zurich, Nicolas Greinacher is a well-known and highly respected wine journalist who currently writes for Blick, one of Switzerland’s leading news outlets. He passed the Diploma in Wine and Spirits at WSET School London with Merit and has been visiting the Rhône Valley for nearly 20 years. Outside the world of wine, Nicolas spends time in the real estate sector and is an award-winning screenwriter and film director, serving on the advisory board of the Rhode Island International Film Festival.

Angus Hughson is the founder of Winepilot, the co-publisher of The Vintage Journal, contributing writer to Gourmet Traveller WINE Magazine, The Australian and other publications in addition to the author of Worldwine. He has also worked extensively in ecommerce, analytics, sales and marketing for start ups in wine storage, wine collecting and retail. He is a wine judge and holds a Diploma in Wine and Spirits (WSET).

Billy Norris was exposed to wine at a young age thanks to his sommelier father, who introduced him to many of the world’s top regions, estates and wines. Later, that passion would take Billy to Alexander Valley, deep in Sonoma County, where he spent time working in various cellars, further deepening his love for wine. Along the way, Billy gained valuable critical journalistic experience writing film reviews for the then-St. Petersburg Times over nine years. More recently, Billy spent 16 years in the music industry, where he toured the world playing guitar for several high-profile pop artists, collecting a wide range of experiences that further intensified his passion for food and wine. Billy resides in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Alessandro studied Nuclear Engineering in the 1980s before starting his wine career in 1990, working as a wine writer for Luigi Veronelli. Starting in 1997, he began his own newsletter called Enogea while working for wine magazine Vinum and in 2001 he published the L’Espresso Wine Guide. He later became the first Italian member of the Grand Jury Européen. In 2006 he started his career as a wine cartographer, joining Vinous in 2016. He is best known for the Vinous Maps of Napa Valley and his books Barolo MGA Volume 1 & 2. At the end of 2018 he was elected “Membre Titulaire” of the Academie Internationate du Vin.

Stephen was editor and publisher of the critically acclaimed bimonthly International Wine Cellar, an independent journal read by wine professionals and other wine lovers in all 50 states and 34 countries, and the first American wine periodical to be translated into French and Japanese. Tanzer is the author of The WineAccess Buyer's Guide (Sterling Publishing), a concise yet comprehensive guide to the best bottles and producers from virtually every important wine region of the world. Tanzer has also served as Senior Editor and wine columnist for Food & Wine magazine and wrote Food & Wine's Official Wine Guide in 1998 and 1999. Previously, he was the wine columnist for Forbes FYI. Throughout his thirty-five year career, Tanzer sampled well over 10,000 wines annually, spending several months each year tasting and discussing wines with their makers, both in the U.S. and abroad.

Josh’s interest in wine was kindled in the early 1980s while he was at Boston University, pursuing an English degree that he received in 1985. The crash of 1987 put a merciful end to a short-lived stint in the financial world and he decided to make the plunge into the wine trade, beginning in retail in Washington, D.C. and spending the better part of 1989 and 1990 visiting and working in vineyards and cellars in France and Germany. In 1993 he moved to New York to work for a national importer, traveling across the country to represent the portfolio until 2005, when Steve Tanzer asked him to join the International Wine Cellar. Josh was a regular participant, speaker and judge at wine conferences around the country. Josh passed away on March 24th, 2023. Our thoughts are with his family, especially his wife, Merrie Louise and their two daughters.

Josh Raynolds In Memoriam (1962-2023)