Jonathan Cristaldi
Verified
San Francisco
As seen in:
Decanter,
MSN,
Time Out Los Angeles,
Time Out New York,
Flipboard,
Thrillist,
Yahoo,
Food & Wine,
Los Angeles Magazine,
Southern Living Magazine,
Liquor.com
and
Covers:
Wine, California, Oregon and Washington wine country, wine news, Napa, Sonoma, wine tasting, wine apps, winemakers, wine humor, wine business, events, auctions, Global wine news, beverage tech
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Jonathan Cristaldi’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Jonathan Cristaldi is an established wine writer with more than a decade of professional experience.
His articles on wine, spirits, and beer appear in both local and national print and digital platforms, including Food & Wine; Departures; The SOMM Journal; Tasting Panel Magazine; Liquor.com; Seven Fifty Daily; Los Angeles Magazine; LA Mag’s Liquid LA blog; Thrillist (National Edition); Tasting Table (National Edition); Time Out LA; Complex Magazine's First We Feast blog; Wine Access; Vivino; So…
Jonathan Cristaldi’s Journalist Portfolio
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How to not embarrass yourself while talking about wine
Wine Upgrades for People Who Drink Yellow Tail, Carlo Rossi, and More
Why the 100-Point System of Rating Wine Is Irrelevant
The Complete Guide to Drinking at a Wedding
The 10 Wines That Made My Career: Michael Madrigale
Interview
See all 7 answers →How is social media changing news?
Social media has created a need-it-now society and has made it more difficult to fact check. Fiction sometimes reigns over fact in the news.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
As a journalist we have a moral obligation to present facts or to at least deny their existence.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
I like pitches to be informative and relevant to what I write about: wine and spirits.