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Jonathan Cristaldi is an established wine writer with more than a decade of professional experience.
His articles on wine, spirits, and beer appear in both local and national print and digital platforms, including Food & Wine; Departures; The SOMM Journal; Tasting Panel Magazine; Liquor.com; Seven Fifty Daily; Los Angeles Magazine; LA Mag’s Liquid LA blog; Thrillist (National Edition); Tasting Table (National Edition); Time Out LA; Complex Magazine's First We Feast blog; Wine Access; Vivino; SommSelect; Psychology Today.
Cristaldi's most memorable profiles and interviews include Jonathan Goldsmith (formerly Dos Equis' Most Interesting Man in the World); author Karen MacNeil; vintner and restauranteur Joel Gott; iconic winemakers Merry Edwards, Philippe Melka, Thomas Rivers Brown, Nico Cueva, and Bob Cabral; founder of Grounded Wine Co., Josh Phelps; sommelier and author Rajat Parr; wine country celebrity Jean-Charles Boisset; venerable critic Robert Parker; president of Vintage Wine Estates, Terry Wheatley. And so many outstanding sommeliers, mixologists, winemakers, winery owners, and winegrowers - far too many to list. Cristaldi's passion lies in covering California wine country and the Pacific Northwest wine-producing regions of Washington and Oregon.
