Amanda McCrossin is a certified sommelier, wine personality, podcast host, and Instagram/YouTube/TikTok creator known as “sommvivant.”
Amanda has worked as a sommelier in both NYC and California, but perhaps most notably at PRESS Restaurant in Napa Valley. Her 5 year tenure at PRESS as a sommelier and later as Wine Director gave Amanda the unique opportunity to work in the heart of wine country with the largest, deepest, restaurant collection of Napa Valley wines in the world. During her time the wine program thrived; garnering nominations, accolades, and awards from nearly every major publication and outlet in food, wine, and hospitality. She has been featured in Food & Wine Magazine, Food Network, Forbes, San Francisco Chronicle, on the cover of SOMM Journal, and Wine Enthusiast who named her a Wine Star nominee for 'Sommelier of the Year.' Amanda is widely considered an expert in Napa Valley wine and is regularly sought after for consulting, media appearances and speaking engagements.
In the fall of 2020, Amanda collaborated with National E-Commerce Wine Retailer Wine Access to launch the Wine Access Unfiltered Podcast.
