Katherine Cole
{{Short description|American wine writer and journalist}}
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Katherine Cole is an American wine writer and journalist based in Oregon. She is a contributing editor at SevenFifty Daily and the executive producer and the host of a James Beard-award-winning food and beverage podcast, The Four Top.{{cite web |title=Author: Katherine Cole |url=https://daily.sevenfifty.com/author/katherine-cole/ |website=SevenFifty Daily}} She is the author of four books on wine: Rosé All Day,{{cite news |title=Katherine Cole focuses new book on rosé - a Northwest favorite |url=https://greatnorthwestwine.com/2017/05/24/katherine-cole-focuses-new-book-rose-northwest-favorite/ |work=Great Northwest Wine |date=24 May 2017}} Voodoo Vintners, a book on biodynamic winegrowing,{{Cite news|url = http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2011/07/voodoo_vintners_review_digging.html|title = 'Voodoo Vintners,' Review: Digging Into Biodynamics and Great Wine|last = Jabine|first = Angie|date = 2 July 2011|work = Oregon Live|access-date = 11 January 2016}} Complete Wine Selector: How to Choose the Right Wine Every Time,{{Cite news|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/best-wine-books-of-2013/2013/12/09/9779c0f0-5d50-11e3-bc56-c6ca94801fac_story.html|title = Best Wine Books of 2013|last = McIntyre|first = Dave|date = 10 December 2013|newspaper = The Washington Post|access-date = 11 January 2016}} and How to Fake Your Way Through a Wine List.{{Cite news|url = http://www.ajc.com/news/lifestyles/food-cooking/food-for-thought-new-releases/nnzyG/|title = Food For Thought: New Releases|last = Howard|first = Bob|date = 2 December 2015|work = The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date = 11 January 2016}} Cole states that she wants wine drinking to be "accessible to everyone."{{Cite web|url = http://www.opb.org/artsandlife/article/qa-wine-writer-katherine-cole/|title = Q&A With Wine Writer Katherine Cole|date = 7 May 2014|access-date = 11 January 2016|website = Oregon Public Broadcasting|last = Hendrickson|first = Jennifer Cossey}}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Career
Cole was the wine columnist for The Oregonian between 2002 and 2015.{{cite web |title=Katherine Cole - For The Oregonian/OregonLive |url=http://connect.oregonlive.com/user/katherinecole/posts.html |website=connect.oregonlive.com}} Her work can also be found in Wine Spectator, wine-searcher.com, The World of Fine Wine, Wine & Spirits, and other national and international magazines and websites. She has studied with the International Sommelier Guild and has taught journalism classes at Portland State University.
Katherine Cole is also the creator of a smartphone app, called "Oregon Wine, the App." The app features more than 150 Oregon wineries, with descriptions, photographs, and directions to each.{{Cite news|url = http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2012/06/oregon-wine-the-app.html|title = Oregon Wine, the App|date = 19 June 2012|work = Los Angeles Times|access-date = 11 January 2016}}
Cole was named one of the year's 75 most influential "people, places and flavors that will shape the way you drink in 2014," in the January/February 2014 issue of Imbibe magazine."The Imbibe 75." Imbibe, January/February 2014: 48. Print. She also appeared in the 2014 documentary "American Wine Story."{{Cite news|url = http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-documentary-american-wine-story-story.html#axzz2zoa9UetD|title = 'An American Wine Story' Film Follows Those Who Just Have to Make Wine|last = Virbila|first = S. Irene|date = 24 April 2014|work = Los Angeles Times|access-date = 11 January 2016}}
Books
Cole is the author of four books. Voodoo Vintners, published in 2011, reveals the mysteries of biodynamic winegrowing, and the Oregon winemakers behind this revolution.{{Cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/dining/wine-books-for-summer-reading.html?_r=3&ref=dining&|title = A Seasonal Thirst for a Good Read|last = Asimov|first = Eric|date = 8 August 2011|work = The New York Times|access-date = 11 January 2016}} She first became interested in the topic after tasting an Oregon Pinot Gris that had been made with biodynamic grapes.{{cite web |title=Oregon Means Biodynamic Wine Brilliance |url=https://www.foodrepublic.com/2011/09/30/oregon-means-biodynamic-wine-brilliance/ |website=Food Republic |date=30 September 2011}} Voodoo Vintners explores the history of biodynamic winegrowing and includes a chapter which addresses criticism of the movement.{{cite web |title=An excerpt from Voodoo Vintners |url=http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/sites/default/files/Cole.VoodooVintners.Excerpt.pdf}} The book was a finalist in the Louis Roederer International Wine Book of the Year, in the International Wine Writers' Awards.
In 2013, she published Complete Wine Selector: How to Choose the Right Wine Every Time. In Complete Wine Selector, Cole organizes the wines by "style" rather than by region or variety.{{Cite news|url = http://www.oregonlive.com/cooking/2013/12/katherine_coles_complete_wine.html|title = Katherine Cole's 'Complete Wine Selector' Makes Choosing the Right Wine a Snap: Book Review|last = Butler|first = Grant|date = 3 December 2013|work = Oregon Live|access-date = 11 January 2016}} She also writes Complete Wine Selector in a "chatty, approachable style. The Wall Street Journal has recommended How to Fake Your Way Through a Wine List for beginner wine drinkers.{{Cite news|url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-five-best-wine-books-for-beginners-1449168856|title = The Five Best Wine Books for Beginners|last = Teague|first = Lettie|date = 3 December 2015|work = The Wall Street Journal|access-date = 11 January 2016}} Rosé All Day: The Essential Guide to Your New Favorite Wine, was published in 2017. According to Cole, she started working on the book when she noticed that: “quality rosé sales were up 60% while the rest of the table wine market was growing at less than 5% in the United States.''{{cite web |title=The drinks business meets Katherine Cole |url=https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2017/04/db-meets-katherine-cole/}}{{cite news |title=3 new wine books to guide our interest in drinking pink |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/3-new-wine-books-to-guide-our-interest-in-drinking-pink/2017/06/02/7b5f446a-3b2a-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html?noredirect=on |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}}
Personal life
Cole is 47 and divorced. She holds degrees from Harvard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.{{cite web |title=An Interview with Communications Director Katherine Cole |url=https://vinagency.com/elevage/an-interview-with-communications-director-katherine-cole/ |website=Vin |language=en-us}} She lives in Portland, Oregon{{Cite news |title = Documentary Captures Spirit of Winemakers|last = McIntyre|first = Dave|date = 7 November 2014|work = Daily Herald}} with her two daughters.
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External links
- [http://katherinecole.com/ Official website]
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Category:American women journalists
Category:Writers from Portland, Oregon
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Category:Harvard College alumni
Category:American women food writers
Category:Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni