Virginie Boone

Virginie Boone is a Senior Editor and California Critic for The New Wine Review. A resident of Sonoma County, she has written about and reviewed the wines of Napa and Sonoma for more than a decade. Previously, Virginie was the Napa and Sonoma wine critic for Wine Enthusiast Media. She began her career with Lonely Planet travel guides and has written about wine, food and travel for Food & Wine, GuildSomm, Somm Journal, Pix.wine and others. She is the author of a weekly column for the Sonoma County Winegrowers called “The Good Stuff,” which explores timely local topics in the worlds of agriculture and wine. She is a frequent speaker on California wine, a founding member of Les Dames d’Escoffier Sonoma County, Batonnage Mentorship Program mentor and an author for the Capstone California Education Panel. Boone earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master’s in Journalism from Stanford University. Follow her Instagram @virginieboone