Joanne Sasvari is editor of Vitis, The Alchemist and YAM magazines. She is a WSET-certified writer who covers food and drink for publications including Food & Wine and Edible Vancouver, and is the author of the bestselling Island Eats and Okanagan Eats cookbooks.

Christine Campbell is a Vancouver-based freelance and travel writer, educator and host of the Wine Soundtrack Canada podcast. She is WSET-certified and is a French Wine Scholar. Follow Christine’s adventures in wine and abroad at girlsgogrape.com.

Kate Dingwall is a WSET-trained wine professional and a writer, editor and photographer covering spirits, food, culture and travel for publications such as Food & Wine and Serious Eats.

DJ Kearney is a Vancouver-based wine educator, consultant, speaker, judge and global wine expert. Creator of the New District Wine Club, she is also Terminal City Club’s director of wine and vice-president of CAPS-BC, responsible for the Best Sommelier of BC competition.

Tim Pawsey writes and shoots at hiredbelly.com as well as for publications including Quench, TASTE and Montecristo. He’s a frequent wine judge and is a founding member of the B.C. Hospitality Foundation.

Rhys Pender is a Master of Wine who combines his time writing, judging, teaching, consulting and dirtying his boots at his four-acre vineyard and winery, Little Farm Winery, in the Similkameen Valley.

Charlene Rooke is WSET certified in wine and spirits, and an educator for Taste of Legacy, adjacent to Vancouver’s Legacy Liquor Store. She is also the drinks editor of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario’s customer magazine, Food & Drink.

Daenna Van Mulligen is a sommelier, educator, keynote speaker and radio host who launched WineDiva.ca 16 years ago, and WineScores.ca soon after. She is also a regular contributor to TASTE, Vines and Montecristo magazines.