Ray Johnson, author of The Good Life Guide to Enjoying Wine, has worked professionally with wine for over fifteen years. He shares his energy and enthusiasm about wine as an instructor for the Santa Rosa Junior College and UC Berkeley Extension. He judges at the West Coast Wine Competition, the Sonoma County Harvest Fair and serves as the Assistant Director of the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.

Jennifer Elias is the co-creator and publisher of WineSmarts, a question and answer game that makes learning about wine easy and fun. She is also developing other wine education products to help people explore and enjoy wine. Jennifer has over ten years of marketing and event planning experience, and has worked in wine education for the past several years.