Katherine Cole is an American

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writer and

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based in

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. She is a contributing editor at SevenFifty Daily and the executive producer and the host of a James Beard-award-winning food and beverage podcast, The Four Top. She is the author of four books on wine: ''Rosé All Day'', ''Voodoo Vintners'', a book on biodynamic winegrowing, ''Complete Wine Selector: How to Choose the Right Wine Every Time,'' and ''How to Fake Your Way Through a Wine List''. Cole states that she wants wine drinking to be "accessible to everyone."

Career

Cole was the wine columnist for ''

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'' between 2002 and 2015. Her work can also be found in ''

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'', wine-searcher.com, The World of Fine Wine, Wine & Spirits, and other national and international magazines and websites. She has studied with the International Sommelier Guild and has taught journalism classes at

Portland State University Portland State University (PSU) is a public research university in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans. It evolved into a four-year college over the next ...

. Katherine Cole is also the creator of a smartphone app, called "Oregon Wine, the App." The app features more than 150 Oregon wineries, with descriptions, photographs, and directions to each. Cole was named one of the year's 75 most influential "people, places and flavors that will shape the way you drink in 2014," in the January/February 2014 issue of ''Imbibe'' magazine. She also appeared in the 2014 documentary "American Wine Story."

Books

Cole is the author of four books. ''Voodoo Vintners'', published in 2011, reveals the mysteries of biodynamic winegrowing, and the Oregon winemakers behind this revolution. She first became interested in the topic after tasting an Oregon

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that had been made with biodynamic grapes. ''Voodoo Vintners'' explores the history of biodynamic winegrowing and includes a chapter which addresses criticism of the movement. The book was a finalist in the Louis Roederer International Wine Book of the Year, in the International Wine Writers' Awards. In 2013, she published ''Complete Wine Selector: How to Choose the Right Wine Every Time''. In ''Complete Wine Selector'', Cole organizes the wines by "style" rather than by region or variety. She also writes ''Complete Wine Selector'' in a "chatty, approachable style. ''

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'' has recommended ''How to Fake Your Way Through a Wine List'' for beginner wine drinkers. ''Rosé All Day: The Essential Guide to Your New Favorite Wine'', was published in 2017. According to Cole, she started working on the book when she noticed that: “quality rosé sales were up 60% while the rest of the table wine market was growing at less than 5% in the

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Personal life

Cole is 47 and divorced. She holds degrees from

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and the

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. She lives in

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with her two daughters.

References

External links

Official website
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