Traci Dutton

Sommelier; Manager of Public Wine & Beverage Studies, The Culinary Institute of America; Napa, CA

Traci Dutton is a sommelier, a wine judge, and the manager of public wine and beverage studies at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) at Greystone. She joined the CIA in 1998 as beverage manager and sommelier for the college’s Wine Spectator Greystone Restaurant. With more than thirty years in the wine world, Traci has worked in high-end establishments such as Montrachet, The Striped Bass, and 231 Ellsworth, and has served luminaries as varied as Oprah Winfrey, Kevin Bacon, and Paul Bocuse. She has studied and tasted great wines at vineyards around the world, from Portugal and Austria to Argentina and the United States. Her writing on wines and beverages has appeared in Kitchen & Cook, the St. Helena Star, iSanté.com, and many other publications. In 2011, she was named one of the top wine country sommeliers by Tasting Panel magazine. (Napa Valley, CA)