Author: Susan Kostrzewa

Susan Kostrzewa is a wine editor, critic, journalist, and content strategist with over 20 years in travel and beverage media. She is the former Editor-in-Chief of Wine Enthusiast Media and the author of several books on wine, food, and travel. She is a Traverse City native who is now based out of New York City. Her Instagram is @suskostrzewa.

In my 20-plus years as a wine journalist, educator, and wine taster, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the perfect approach to wine and food pairings. I even co-authored an entire book on it.

I feel passionate about putting wine into a real-life context rather than expecting non-industry people to taste wine in a sealed void, and since most people drink wine with food and find it’s the most fun and least complicated way of getting to know different styles and varieties of wine, it makes sense that I and they consider wine pairings advice valuable.

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