Cathy Corison, Winemaker and Co-Founder at Corison Winery, (Napa Valley, USA)

Cathy Corison, Winemaker and Co-Founder at Corison Winery, (Napa Valley, USA)

Cathy Huyghe
Winemaker

Years In Industry:

45 (!). I arrived in the Napa Valley in June of 1975, two days after graduating from Pomona College with a degree in Biology, with a vague notion that I wanted to make world-class wine. I took a brief detour by UC Davis to earn a Master’s degree in Enology and have been making wine ever since, first for other people, including Chappellet Vineyard for a decade and later for myself, starting with the 1987 vintage.

My Biggest Challenge To Wellness:

Taking the time it takes to keep well and sane, as I find myself closer to 70 than 60 years old. I should spend upwards of three hours a day, which is difficult given that I grow the grapes, make the wine and run the winery. (I used to sell the wine but have a lot of competent help with that these days.) It takes at least that long - three hours - to dowse my supplements, meditate, do some yoga, get aerobic exercise and apply the sunscreen.

How I Keep It Together To Stay Well:

I eat whole, organic foods with a glass or two of red wine every day. I meditate most days, do yoga several times a week, and ride my bike (40 minutes round trip) though the vineyards to work. I see a physical therapist/healer a couple times a month. Ten years ago she cobbled me back together, without surgery, when a cyst at L4/L5 in my spine shut me down. The cyst was a bit like a callous, forming in response to misalignment. Using several modalities (classic physical therapy, herbs, energy work, Chinese medicine, homeopathy) she slowly straightened me out, providing space for the cyst. We’re hoping the cyst has dissolved by now as it no longer serves a function. Now she keeps me tuned up.

I also see an acupuncturist when I need it and regular massage is key. Having never been a great sleeper, I’ve worked very hard for several years now to get more and better sleep. Reading Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker changed my life. Sleep affects all aspects of our life including health. I go to bed earlier, giving myself more sleep opportunity, read every night until I fall asleep three times, take sleep-inducing herbs, end all screen time an hour before bed, block out light and sounds and I’m finally addressing sleep apnea.

You can connect with Cathy on Twitter at @cathycorison and @corisonwinery, on Facebook at @Cathy Corison and @CorisonWinery, and on Instagram at @cathycorison and @corisonwinery.

Cathy Huyghe
Winemaker
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Cathy Huyghe

Cathy Huyghe is a dynamic media professional with a special interest in wine and the spirit of hospitality. She is also an effective, engaging public speaker on subjects ranging from wine and gastronomy to digital media and entrepreneurship.

Cathy is the co-founder and CEO of Enolytics, a big data startup providing business intelligence for the wine industry. She also currently writes for Forbes.com about the business and politics of the wine industry, and for Inc.com about entrepreneurs with a special focus on women. She is the author of the award-winning book Hungry for Wine: Seeing the World through the Lens of a Wine Glass; she was a finalist for the 2016 IWSC Wine Communicator of the Year award; and she won the 2016 Innovator of the Year award from Diaz Communications.

Cathy's writing has appeared in print and online for both general-interest and wine industry publications including the Harvard Business Review network, The Atlantic, Decanter, Food52.com (where she was the "Wine, Unfussed" columnist), DailyBeast, The Boston Globe, the Washington Post, Wine Enthusiast, GlobalPost, Grist.org, and Daily Candy. She has also been featured on the BBC, WNYC, WGBH, and Nevada Public Radio.

Cathy is the founder of 365daysofwine.com and Red White Boston, a digital media company for the wine industry. Red White Boston produced daily content, monthly tasting events, and a location-based iPhone app of video wine recommendations from their network of 30+ local partner stores. While in Boston, she also managed the wine cellar at WGBH public broadcasting station and managed wine events for donors and the public.

Cathy’s restaurant experience started when she knocked on the kitchen door at Chez Panisse in Berkeley. She also has worked for Jean-Pierre Vigato in Paris (at Natachef bistro and at his two-star restaurant, Apicius) and for Thomas Keller at Bouchon in Las Vegas. She studied at La Varenne École de Cuisine in Burgundy, France; she completed the Wine Studies program at Boston University; and she received Advanced Certification from WSET (Wine and Spirits Education Trust). 

Cathy received a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard in 2004 and a second master’s degree in Journalism in 2010, also from Harvard. Before that, she received a master’s degree in comparative literature from the City University of New York in 1998 and a bachelor’s degree from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania in 1995. She is also a trained mediator, and worked for two years at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School on a project in the Middle East.

In April 2008 she founded the Harvard Alumni in Wine and Food special interest group, which provides educational and networking services to the Harvard alumni and current students. She has also served as the President of the Harvard Club of Georgia, and she has begun a term of service on the Board of Directors for the Harvard Alumni Association.

Her other non-profit involvement includes the Women's Solidarity Society at the new National Center for Civil & Human Rights (Atlanta), grant reviewer for the Food Well Alliance (an Atlanta-based organization that supports the local network of 350 urban farms and community gardens), Coach at GOTR (Girls on the Run) in Atlanta, Board Member at the Greening Youth Foundation (Atlanta), Board Member at The Food Project (Boston), and Mediator at the Neighborhood Justice Center (Las Vegas).

She lives in Atlanta with her husband, their twin boys, and their Bernese Mountain dog, Coco.

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