Hi, my name is Elizabeth and I’m a sommelier, journalist, and storyteller. Oh yes, I’m also a winemaker with an MBA. Honest, this will all actually make sense once we enjoy a story and a glass of wine together. How can I help you today?
Howdy and thanks for stopping by! For more than 20 years I’ve been a voyeur in many different walks of life where I’ve experienced firsthand the positive impact of storytelling. As a certified sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers, I’ve learned wine is the storytelling thread that weaves life experiences into a cohesive whole.
Visit my blog and tell me your thoughts about both old and new ideas that are influencing wine enjoyment and storytelling today. View my portfolio to explore my diverse range of communications written and designed for newspapers, magazines, businesses, and non-profits throughout the U.S.
Enjoy!
Services
Sommelier
- Wine & Spirits Service
- Wine Tourism
- Sensory Assessment
- Wine Journalism
Journalist
- News Reporting
- Feature Articles
- Editing
- Proofreading
Storyteller
- Blogger
- Strategic Communications
- Event Management
- Meeting Facilitation
Portfolio
Bid Proposal for Arizona Medicaid
Tom’s Wish
Barrow Neurological Institute
John C. Lincoln Health Network
Dignity Health
Blog
America’s Generations: A Cultural Summary
June 8, 2022
Back in the mid 1800s, Europeans came up with the idea that we each share something important with people born around the same time as we were and began the process of defining each generation. Today, we often hear and read about Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials and Gen Zers. But how do we define the generations of our grandparents? Great-grandparents? And what micro-generations do we hear about barely often enough to know their names, like Generation Jones and Xennials?
Selling Wine in the Era of Coronavirus
March 16, 2020
Wine and coronavirus: Two unlikely words to place in the same headline. Nonetheless, after it first bubbled quietly in Wuhan, China in December 2019, coronavirus catapulted around the world. Just three months later, elementary schools, major businesses, tasting rooms, and entire nations have shut down.
The Quixotic Quest of Pavle Milic
January 25, 2018
Unlike most people in the hospitality industry, food and wine chose Pavle Milic, not the other way around. But, how did this complicated man with a Slavic name and a Spanish accent end up as co-owner of FnB, a fine food and wine restaurant in Scottsdale and winner of the 2017 James Beard Foundation award for outstanding wine program?
Testimonials
Elizabeth is a great asset to any organization. She is able to work effectively with multiple stakeholders, while maintaining utmost professionalism in all encounters. She has a strong work ethic and is willing to take on challenges even outside of her direct responsibility.
- Jonathan Aquino, CPHQ
Chief Operating Officer, Region 1 (CA and NV Markets) at Prime Healthcare
Elizabeth is a professional with an excellent sense of the various aspects of marketing including market research, branding, social networking, or developing advertising media. I would hire her again.
- Brent Cope
President - Arizona Market at Photon Medical Communications
Elizabeth is an extremely intelligent individual and has the amazing ability to juggle multiple projects at the same time and also give due justice to each project. I worked with her on a number of projects that included developing service area profiles for John C. Lincoln's physician networks and new business plan development. She is a quick thinker and it was professionally stimulating to brainstorm with her on various occasions. I appreciated the easy going way in which she conducted her day to day business.
- Reeby Kirane
Medical Encounters at Molina Healthcare