Elaine Chukan Brown serves as Executive Editor US for JancisRobinson.com, and is a James Beard nominee in Journalism. Brown is responsible for reporting on the California wine scene and expanding the site’s coverage of U.S. wineries and sustainability topics, as well as climate action and social responsibility in the context of wine. In 2020/1 IWSC and VinItaly awarded Brown Wine Communicator of the Year, and The Hue Society recognized them as a Legend in Wine Education. In 2022, WINWSA in China listed Brown as one of the 50-most Influential Women in Wine. Brown also leads seminars and does public speaking on wine, personal empowerment, and social justice and has done so in countries around the world. Prior to their career in wine, Brown was an academic philosopher, but first they were a commercial salmon fisherman running their own business in Bristol Bay, Alaska.
Elaine Chukan Brown, Editor, JancisRobinson.com
