The winner of a Pulitzer Prize for criticism,ย Margo Jeffersonย previously served as book and arts critic forย Newsweekย andย theย New York Times. Her writing has appeared in, among other publications,ย Vogue,ย New Yorkย Magazine,ย The Nation, andย Guernica. Her memoir,ย Negroland, received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography. She is also the author ofย On Michael Jacksonย and is a professor of writing at Columbia University School of the Arts.
Andrea Johnsonย is a freelance photographer specializing in wine and travel. She has covered many of the world's wine regions, and her photographs are regularly featured in publications such asย Wine Spectator,ย VIA,ย Sunset, theย San Francisco Chronicle,ย andย National Geographic. Her previous books include photography for Rick Steves's Europe Through the Back Door series, and her commercial clients are many of the premier pinot noir producers worldwide.