UWC Judges

Kristen Wolfe Bieler
Kristen Wolfe Bieler
Wine Journalist and Editor
Kristen Wolfe Bieler

Kristen Bieler has been writing about food and beverage in New York City for 19 years. She currently serves as the Senior Editor at Beverage Media, a network of publications for the wine and spirits industry, where she reports regularly on wine regions, spirits categories and business news. She is also a contributor at The Grape Collective, an online wine magazine. Her work has appeared in a variety of consumer and trade publications. She was the editor of Food & Wine’s Annual Wine Guide for seven years, and authored the wine column in GQ for several years. Married to Charles Bieler, who produces wine in various parts of the globe from Provence to Washington State, Kristen has three children and lives in Harlem.