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Jim Gordon
Jim Gordon has been covering the wine industry as an editor and reporter for more than 25 years. In 2006 he became editor of Wines & Vines, the magazine for North American winemakers and grape growers. He also directs the annual Symposium for Professional Wine Writers at Meadowood Napa Valley. His first book as editor in chief, Opus Vino, will be published by Dorling Kindersley of London in late 2010. Gordon was the editor of the St. Helena Star newspaper in Napa Valley in the 1980s. He was managing editor of Wine Spectator for 12 years, and editor in chief of Appellation / Wine Country Living magazine for four, during which time he helped create Wine Country Living TV for NBC station KNTV in San Jose. Gordon lives in Napa, California.