Sophie Menin is an author and journalist who has contributed to The New York Times, Barron’s, Penta, Departures, Wine Spectator, Edible Communities, Saveur, Tricycle, Punch, B the Change Magazine and Opera News. She earned an MA in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University and a professional degree in the Culinary Arts from the Institute of Culinary Education. Her wine writing focuses on the myriad ways that wine connects us with our senses and the rhythms of the natural world, and can be found in her online journal: lifewithwine.com. Sophie lives in New York with her husband and daughter.