Renée has dedicated her life to grapes. As a Court of the Master Sommeliers Certified Sommelier, she has made wine her life’s work, and her entrepreneurial spirit has driven her to be a curator of wine experiences.

In her work as a Wine Communicator, Curator of Virtual Experiences, Brand Consultant, Educator and Wine Writer Renée brings to life her love of wine in a way that is contagious. She has a flair for making wine fun and understandable, sharing her passion for the vine.

Ask how her passion started, and she will be the first to say her love affair with wine began not as expected. But like make in the wine industry she was pulled into the romance of wine. Falling head over heels and has become forever set on exploring the world’s great wines and its regions under vine.

Read her work in her monthly wine column, The Wine Effect, for The Distillery District Magazine and on Holr Online Magazine.

Find her community-driven work through Femmes du Vin Non-Profit and The Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers.

Follow her on @wine.by.renee on IG for the daily wine journey!