Join the Wine Dream Team, Jaime Araujo, Tanisha Townsend, Akos Forzcek, and Ray Isle, along with the Host, Antoine Abou-Samra for The Wine Hour.

We have the pleasure to welcome Rebecca Hopkins, A Balanced Glass, USA.

PROGRAM

Uncorked [6:02 ]: Jaime Araujo and Ray Isle discuss: In a world beset by global issues like pandemics, or the war in Ukraine, why does wine matter at all?



Licensed To Taste [29:54 ]: Tanisha Townsend gives us a primer on the wines of Lago di Garda, and shares her views on the world these days in the Wine Minute.



Have A Drink With Me [37:31 ]: Antoine Abou-Samra has a conversation with Rebecca Hopkins about her journey, the reasons she started A Balanced Glass, Mental Health, wellness and more. What a wonderful conversation 😍.

SPECIAL GUEST BIO

Rebecca Hopkins is an experienced wine communications strategist, speaker, moderator, host and writer. With a 30-year career in the wine business spanning Australia and the U.S., Rebecca founded and launched A Balanced Glass in 2018 with a mission to provide education and resources to wine industry colleagues  to  help  maintain  health  and  wellbeing  while  working  in  the  beverage  alcohol  industry.



Raised in South Australia, and a graduate of wine business from the University of Adelaide, Rebecca spent 15 years in the Australian wine industry in sales, marketing, distribution and communication roles before relocating to San Francisco in 2007 with Constellation Brands as Vice President of Public Relations and National Events.



She returned to family winemaking in 2012, joining national importer Folio Fine Wine Partners, owned by the Michael Mondavi Family, leading the communications strategy and programming for the 20+ family-owned producers who share a national marketing and sales presence in the US market until 2022. Rebecca has moderated and presented speaker panels at Women of the Vine & Spirits, VinItaly International, and Wine2Wine. A guest speaker at Sonoma State University, University of Bologna, and Australia’s Women in Wine Global Symposium, her work has been published in SevenFiftyDaily, Meininger’s Wine Business International magazine and Wine Business Monthly. She resides in San Francisco and can often be found with yoga mat in hand.

There is an accompanying playlist with the show (selected by the guest). It can be found here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6CQehCpslGM8eTqu7MzGdL?si=9c24980151bb4b50

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