Ray Isle, Executive Wine Editor, Food and Wine Magazine
Published Date: September 12, 2018
Episode: 81
Ray Isle is the Executive Wine Editor at Food and Wine Magazine for the past 10 years. He was Deputy Wine Editor at American Exprss Publishing, Managing Editor at Wine and Spirits Magazine, and has contributed to Fortune and Travel and Leisure magazines among others. Ray Isle cut his teeth in wine as a cellar rat, working harvests, and as a wine supplier rep for a Port company. Food and Wine is celebrating it’s 40th Anniversary including Ray Isle’s story about “The 40 Wines that Changed the Way We Drink”.
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