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Top 15 Most Influential Wine Bloggers in the USA
27/12/2017 We have fetched a list of the most influential wine bloggers in the USA as per Klout Score. Here is the list of top 15 most influential wine bloggers in the USA.
According to Klout, influence is the ability to bring action. When you share anything on social media and people respond that is influence. So higher the Klout Score, more influential you are.
There have been many “Most Influential people” lists that are circulated on the internet over last few months. So we decided to fetch the list of the most influential wine bloggers as per Klout Score. Here is the list for top 15 most influential wine bloggers in the USA.
Klout Score: 77
Location: California
Twitter followers: 322K
Randall Grahm is a prodigious personality in the world of wine and a greatest figure of the American wine making history. He talks about different wines and winemaking in his blog.
Check out his blog here.
Klout Score: 66
Location: New York
Twitter followers: 80K
Eric is not just a wine or food writer. He believes that wine can be so much more than just a drink, it has a social role to play, it brings people together. He is currently a Wine critic at The Time’s.
Check out his blog here.
Klout Score: 69
Location: Seattle
Twitter followers: 34k
Madeline is a wine sommelier, designer and a writer at Wine Folly. She runs Wine Folly and drinks lots of wine. She writes blogs to simplify wine to people and now she is becoming an expert on educating people on wine.
Check out her blog here.
Klout Score: 66
Location: Minnesota
Twitter followers: 256K
Jon Thorsen is a unique personality in the online wine landscape. His algorithmic wine rating system starts at wines below $6 and ends at $19.99 because Jon would not review a wine of more than $20.
Check out his blog here.
Klout Score: 71
Location: California
Twitter followers: 88K
She resides in Napa Valley. She shares and disparages the complex process of wine making and the people behind them.
Check out her blog here.
Klout Score: 59
Location: California
Twitter followers: 14K
Julie is the vigorous founder of the Women & Wine. Her blog features the latest wine news, profiles of women in wine business, winery recipes and food pairings. She shares her passion of food, wine and travel on her blog.
Check out her blog here.
Klout Score: 58
Location: Texas
Twitter followers: 80K
Jeff is the author of The Drunken Cyclist. Initially he was going to write on wine and cycling but his focus became exclusive on wine because he found more fascinating stories involved in wine.
Check out his blog here.
Klout Score: 45
Location: California
Twitter followers: 117K
Check out her blog here.
Amy is a Sonoma-based wine enthusiast, social media wine personality and a blogger. She owns a blog where she shares pieces of her travel, food and drinks, wine tasting and the things she does in life.
Klout Score: 65
Location: Massachusetts
Twitter followers: 44K
Luiz is the founder of Wine lover community and a member of the Circle of the wine writers. He is also a judge at international wine competitions and a wine educator.
Check out his blog here.
Klout Score: 80
Location: California
Twitter followers: 30K
Alder is an American wine and restaurant blogger since 2004. He is also the publisher of vinography which is one from the internet’s most rated wine blogs. This site is now a respected source for wine writing and blogs.
Check out his blog here.
Klout Score: 47
Location: New York
Twitter followers: 15.7K
Cathrine moved to New York in 1993 from New Orleans. She is a WEST Diploma Graduate and freelance wine writer. She was shortlisted for the Roederer 2015 emerging wine writer of the year. She is also a member of Circle of Wine Writers. She loves to travel to wine destinations as often as possible.
Check out her blog here.
Klout Score: 61
Location: Texas
Twitter followers: 28K
Michelle Williams is a freelance wine writer. Her blogs appear in Snooth, The Daily Meal and Basil and Salt Magazine. She is one from the top 100 most influential wine bloggers and the one form top 10 wine influencer on Klout.
Check out her blog here.
Klout Score: 67
Location: California
Twitter followers: 11.2K
John Corcoran is a founder of WineOptics at Sonoma, California.
Check out his blog here.
Klout Score: 72
Location: New Jersey
Twitter followers: 16K
Lori Budd is a Chief Marketing Officer and blogger at Dracaena Wines at Fresno, California.
Check out her blog here.
Klout Score: 77
Location: Oregon
Twitter followers: 5.9K
Katherine is the host and executive producer at The Four Top. She is also a contributing editor of SevenFifty Daily which is an online beverage publication. She was featured in the documentary American Wine Story and has contributed to many international wine publications.
Check out her blog here.
Also, check out Top 20 Wine Blogs in USA to Follow in 2018.
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