WINE LAND SPEAKERS

W. BLAKE GRAY

Director and collaborator of The Wine Searcher USA

Changes in viticulture caused by rising global temperaturas

W. Blake Gray is the US Editor for Wine Searcher, the world’s most-visited wine website. In 2013 he won the Roederer Award for Best Online Wine Columnist; it was the last year that category was awarded.

He won Best Industry Blog in 2012 at the Wine Blog Awards. He was previously a wine writer/editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, and food editor at SF Weekly.

Gray has written about wine for publications including Wine Business Monthly, the Los Angeles Times, Food & Wine, Wine & Spirits, World of Fine Wine and Beverage Media Journal. He lives in San Francisco.