About the Author
Alison Crowe is the author of The Winemaker’s Answer Book and is a professional winemaker in Napa, California. She has authored the popular “Wine Wizard” column in WineMaker magazine since 1998 and is a frequent contributor to Wine Business Monthly and Vineyard & Winery Management magazines. A graduate of the University of California-Davis’s Department of Viticulture & Enology, she has made wine at California’s Chalone Vineyard, Bonny Doon Vineyard, and Byington Winery & Vineyard, as well as at Bodegas Salentein in Argentina.