ELEANOR SHANNON

Sommelier

Eleanor Shannon is a wine sommelier (Associazione Italian Sommelier-2009), who writes about organic, biodynamic and natural wine on her blog www.uncorkedinitaly.com. With degrees from Dartmouth (BA) and Harvard (MBA), she worked at Bain and Co. and the World Bank, then, was cited for excellence in teaching at the Commerce School at the University of Virginia. She came from the US to Italy to teach university students in Milan (2004-2008). She is fluent in Italian and French and teaches yoga and 5Rhythms® dance.