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About

Michelle Williams is an award-winning wine writer for consumer, B2B, and B2C platforms.

Her work appears in numerous publications, including Forbes, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, Wine-Searcher, The Buyer, and Wine Business Monthly.

She passionately pursues wine from soil to glass through the lens of applied ethics.

She is a member of the Circle of Wine Writers and holds an advanced certification from the Wine & Spirits Education Trust. In addition to writing, Michelle is a wine educator, speaker, moderator, and judge.

17 responses to “About”

  2. Michelle, seeing as you are so knowledgeable about wine (I came by you via The Drunken Cyclist) and a former nutritionist, I have a question. I started having migraines in college back in the 80s and saw a specialist. He said my migraines were caused by “trigger foods” one of them being red wine. (I had to keep a food log diary.) He said the tannins in it could produce the allergy to give me the migraine. (There were other foods on the list, such as shrimp, chocolate, and strawberries. My gosh, I was a horrible date for that back then!) So my question is, I heard the good quality red wines don’t have that tannin allergy issue and it would be safe for me to drink. Is that true?

    • I am sorry for your food allergy. I do not know much about red wine tannins resulting in allergies for some people other than it does happen. Interestingly enough as I understand it those who are allergic to red wine tannins tend to be allergic to chocolate as well. I have never heard that higher quality red wines do not result in tannin allergies. It may be true I am just unaware of it. Have you done any reading on the subject? If you are limited to white only I recommend Rieslings because they are beautiful wines that pair with just about everything. Another white I enjoy is Torrontes. However, I am sorry I am not more help regarding your allergy. I enjoy reading your blog; I subscribed many months ago and read it regularly. If I come across any info to help you with your allergy I will definitely pass it on.

      • Thank you Michelle! Well I’ll just stick with the Rieslings and such for now. I just don’t have time to research because we don’t drink a lot of wine, but I do like to have a NICE glass of it here and again. And you know what, I sneeze every time I have anything with chocolate in it. Allergies are strange. Thank you for your reply. 🙂

  3. You are so welcome. As I come across information I will certainly pass it on to you. I understand you wanting a nice red from time to time; however, Rieslings are some of the best wines in the world. Cheers!

  4. Love your words “I hear a song in every glass of wine”! I am glad I found your blog I love wine but would like to learn the story behind wines and wine drinking. Cheers to that 🙂

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  9. Thanks Sam. My daughter actually left the great state of Ohio after her freshman year. She loved OSU but was not finding herself academically challenged. She is back home in the great state of TX attending University of Texas getting what she wished for. 🙂 Thanks for your kind words. Cheers!

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