Deborah Parker Wong
Global Wine Editor, SOMM Journal
National Editor, Slow Wine Guide USA
Associate Instructor of Wine Studies
San Jose State University, Santa Rosa Junior College, Cabrillo College
Recognized by Wine Business Monthly as a 2023 Wine Industry Leader, Deborah Parker Wong, DipWSET is global wine editor for the SOMM Journal and contributor to sister publications The Tasting Panel magazines. She has been writing about the beverage alcohol industry for these and other outlets since 2004. In 2020 she was appointed National Editor, USA for the Slow Wine Guide which is now in its eighth edition. Deborah teaches as an associate instructor at San Jose State University, Santa Rosa Junior College and Cabrillo College, and owns a Wine & Spirit Education Trust school offering Level 2 and Level 3 certifications. In addition to writing and speaking about wine, she is currently pursuing a master’s degree in viticulture and enology at California State University, Fresno with an emphasis in sensory science. Her motto is: To learn, read. To know, write. To master, teach. A partial archive of her published work can be found at www.deborahparkerwong.com
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