Elaine Chukan Brown is a writer, speaker, and illustrator. She serves as the American specialist for JancisRobinson.com, and a contributing writer to Wine & Spirits Magazine. She is the IWSC Wine Communicator of the Year 2020/21
Recent contributions
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Columns
What my Alaskan Native grandmother taught me about wine writing
Elaine Chukan Brown is the newly crowned IWSC Wine Communicator of the Year, and will be appearing regularly on Club O over the next 12 months. Here, she tells us what we can expect – and how her heritage inspires her work
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Features
Screaming Eagle: the original California cult wine
Screaming Eagle stands alone as the most inaccessible winery in California wine country. Elaine Chukan Brown pays a visit
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Features
The changing styles of California Chardonnay
California Chardonnay has swung from lush to skinny and back again in the past two decades, and finally the pendulum has come to rest
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Features
A report on Premiere Napa Valley wine auction and the 2017 vintage
Elaine Chukan Brown reports on the annual Premiere Napa Valley - a preview of Napa’s latest vintage - where buyers bid on wines made specially for the auction
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