Meghan’s food and wine journey began on the east coast where she worked in restaurants as a server and bartender throughout her college years at the University of New Hampshire.  With a Biochemistry degree in hand, she was recruited into biopharma as a research scientist in Boston.  She soon recognized that she was truly a California girl at heart and one whose passions lay with a career in wine and food. She said goodbye to the east coast and camped her way through National Parks across the country, ultimately landing in Sonoma County.
 
She has covered a lot of culinary and enological ground over the past twenty years, working throughout the Bay Area as a restaurant and hotel manager, wine buyer, winery hospitality manager, food and beverage director, winery client services and training manager, and wine telemarketer. The list of top-notch establishments whose success she has contributed to include Cain Vineyard and Winery, the Lodge at Tiburon, Lynmar Estate, Ledson Hotel, and eCellar. Her many years of hands-on experience have given her very broad exposure to tasting thousands of domestic and imported wines, developing direct wine sales techniques, finetuning the art of hospitality and storytelling, and building a vast knowledge of wine, software, brand marketing, e-commerce, and winery operations.
 
As the ambassador for Sangiacomo Wines, she spearheaded the national launch of the Sangiacomo brand, with the release of the first vintage of wine in 2018 and welcomed the first guests to the new hospitality center in 2020. She continues to expand the market for Sangiacomo wines through new distributor relationships, brand strategy, direct marketing, and onsite sales.
 
Overseeing the Sangiacomo hospitality team of wine educators, estate hosts, and concierges, she ensures that each visitor is offered a unique experience learning about wine appreciation, estate vineyards, and sustainability of the land.  Her devotion to storytelling and crafting hospitality with warmth and generosity has shepherded Sangiacomo wines into the hands and hearts of oenophiles and tourists alike. When not at the hospitality center, she can be found globetrotting, meeting with distributors and attending wine industry conferences, and promotional and philanthropic events.
 
Outside of work, she loves adventurous road trips along the California coast, as well as hiking and backpacking. A love of cooking dating back to her childhood days in the kitchen with her mother influences her current culinary passions. The 2017 wildfire took her home and a rather large collection of cookbooks but inspired her to give back to her community. She was deeply involved in coordinating Rise Up Sonoma, a culinary benefit for Sonoma County fire victims.