Meet The Wine Evangelist: Barbara Drady

When I first encountered Barbara Drady, I only knew she was gearing up for one of her phenomenally popular wine events, the 7th Annual Pinot Noir Summit, and she was looking for social media strategy and support. It didn’t take me long to realize that this firecracker of a female is a phenomenon herself. Known in the wine biz as The Wine Evangelist, Barbara’s passionate enthusiasm turbocharges her every move, from education to events to her swiftly growing social media presence.

Here’s the official bio, but do yourself a favor and tip a glass of California’s best with her at her next big event:

Barbara is the President and founder of Affairs of the Vine, a wine event and wine education company. She has always loved wine. Her many years in the wine industry, combined with her “thirst for knowledge” for wine have resulted in her extensive knowledge of wine, winemaking and wine growing practices.

Barbara is the creator of the innovative Aromatic Workshop, Wine Challenge Dinners and Wine Boot Camp® the most requested workshops at Affairs of the Vine. She has been recognized by Wine Business Monthly and Bay Area Business Woman as one of the leading women in the wine industry.

Follow Barbara on Twitter: @wineevangelist

Wine bloggers rave about the Pinot Noir Summit:

Shanaray

Mr. Grumpus AKA Tom Merle
Our tasting committee was there in force, bedazzled by the bodacious pinots. We selected 12 wines for the Bay Area Wine Society mini version of the Shootout to be held on Sat. April 25th, preceded by a tour of Yerba Buena art galleries. We’ve included a few of your top threes. We’ll see how they do with our gang.

Congratulations on another successful event, Barbara. If only David could have been there, but you allowed us to remember how wonderful a guy he was and you raised some moola for the ALS Foundation.