Introducing Holly Howell as a Contributing Guest Writer - Wine & More
Posted on Tue, May 04, 2010
Please welcome Holly Howell as a guest writer for BACCHUS BARREL NOTES. 
As we have mentioned before it is our mission to provide you with both reviews, stories and information that makes wine and all things associated with wine fun and accessible, Holly shares our vision and is excited to participate with us and YOU, the reader.
Who is Holly?
Holly grew up in a food-loving family in Pittsford, New York. At eighteen, she spent a year in France learning to love wine and French cooking. After several years of study in Hotel and Restaurant Management, she operated a Cooking School in East Rochester, New York, where she coordinated and ran culinary programs with chefs from all over the world. She returned to school at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where she completed course work in Computer Programming and then graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Food Marketing. Since then, she has taught wine and food pairing classes for Wegmans Food Markets, several Finger Lakes Wineries, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Rochester, the New York Wine & Culinary Center, and her parents own cooking school "The Seasonal Kitchen".
Holly is a member of the American Wine Society, Women for Winesense, and the American Institute of Wine and Food. She writes bi-weekly wine columns for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle newspaper, and monthly articles for Mountain Home Magazine in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. Holly is a CSW (Certified Specialist of Wine) through the Society of Wine Educators; a CS (Certified Sommelier) through the Master Court of Sommeliers in England; and is currently pursuing her diploma through the WSET (Wine and Spirits Education Trust). Holly is passionate about food and wine, and has an enthusiastic and fun approach to learning!
Cheers!
Dan Clifford
Twitter: @dclifford & @BacchusWine