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Deborah Parker Wong

To learn, read. To know, write. To master, teach.
UPCOMING EVENTS
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Valpolicella Educator Program. Verona, Italy. Specialist
Wine and Spirit Education Trust. Level 4 Diploma in Wines and Spirits
EXPERIENCE
Deborah Parker Wong. San Francisco, CA. Owner, WSET Approved Program Provider
SOMM Journal. San Francisco, CA. Global Wine Editor
Wine Analytics Report. Sonoma, CA. Contributor
Slow Wine Guide, California. San Francisco, CA. Senior Editor, California
Planet Grape Wine Review. San Francisco, CA. Panelist, Vodcast Producer.Host
Santa Rosa Junior College. Santa Rosa, CA. Adjunct professor, Wine Studies
Cabrillo College. Santa Cruz, CA. Adjunct professor, Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management
SKILLS & EXPERTISE
Masterclasses/Keynote Speaker
Wine Educator
Wine Judge
Regional Expertise: Argentina
Wine and Food Pairing
Regional Expertise: Austria
Regional Expertise: California
Regional Expertise: Chile
Regional Expertise: France
Regional Expertise: Germany
Regional Expertise: Italy
Regional Expertise: New Zealand
Regional Expertise: North America
Regional Expertise: Oregon
Regional Expertise: Portugal
Regional Expertise: South America
Regional Expertise: Spain
Regional Expertise: Washington
Regional Expertise: Western Europe
To learn, read. To know, write. To master, teach.
MY LIGHT BULB MOMENT
I worked as a chef in residence while I was going to junior college and one of my first wine jobs involved restocking and managing a private cellar devoted to extraordinary German wines. Until that time I had been drinking the imported wines that were available in the local supermarkets - Blue Nun, Black Tower, Mateus etc. Tasting my way through that cellar introduced me to regions like Piesporter Goldtropfchen and wines like Trockenberenauslese and, to this day, they are some of my favorites.
GALLERY
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Deborah Parker Wong
Deborah Parker Wong
San Francisco, CA
United States

Journalist/Educator
Global Wine Editor, SOMM Journal



Deborah Parker Wong, DWSET is Global Wine Editor for sister publications the SOMM Journal and The Tasting Panel magazines. In 2018 she was appointed California Editor for the Slow Food Slow Wine Guide which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2018. Deborah teaches as an adjunct professor in the Wine Studies departments at Santa Rosa Junior College and Cabrillo College and she owns a Wine & Spirit Education Trust school offering Level 2 and Level 3 certifications. In addition to writing and speaking about wine, she consults to producer groups, judges wine competitions and scores wine for Planet Grape Wine Review. Her motto is: To learn, read. To know, write. To master, teach. A partial archive of her published work can be found at www.deborahparkerwong.com  

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