Rebecca Hopkins, Founder & Author (san francisco, ca)

Rebecca Hopkins is an experienced wine communications strategist, speaker, moderator, host and writer. With more than three decades of professional experience in the wine business spanning Australia and the U.S., Rebecca founded and launched A Balanced Glass in March 2018. ABG was founded with a mission to provide education and resources to industry colleagues to help maintain health and wellbeing while working in the beverage alcohol industry.

Rebecca has been practicing yoga and meditation for more than 20 years, with a focus on breath work as a means to manage anxiety, stress, and as a tool to aid clearer communication. She has studied with breathwork teachers including Max Strom, Brenna Geehan, and is a certified Breathwork Teacher with Body-Mind Foundation in New York.

Cathy Huyghe, Co-Author (atlanta, GA)

Cathy Huyghe is the co-founder and CEO of Enolytics LLC, which provides big data services to the wine industry. She is a journalist by training and writes for Forbes online about the business and politics of the wine industry, and for Inc.com about entrepreneurs. She is also the founder of Harvard Alumni in Wine and Food, a non-profit interest group within the Harvard Alumni Association.

Huyghe is the author of the award-winning book, Hungry for Wine: Seeing the World through the Lens of a Wine Glass, which has received positive reviews from publications ranging from the Wall Street Journal to NPR to the Village Voice.

Huyghe has been practicing yoga for more than 20 years and completed her 200-hour Classical Yoga Teacher Training certification in 2013 at Kashi Urban Yoga Ashram. She has a keen interest in meditation. Find her online at CathyHuyghe.com, Enolytics.com, and WritingForSeva.co

Tyke Jones, web Content MANAGER & Developer (san francisco, ca)

Tyke has over 15 years’ experience in the technology industry and six years as a front-end developer.  He spent four years as the Director of Client accounts with an eLearning and eCompliance solutions firm designed to adhere to FINRA's regulatory requirements and six years designing and building social media marketing platforms and online contests for artisan food producers.

Tyke manages ABG’s website content and as a Napa Valley native he is a lifetime lover of wine.  

RACHEL DELROCCO TERRAZAS, Lead contributor (Tucson, AZ)

Rachel DelRocco Terrazas is a Tucson, Arizona-based writer, editor, and copywriter. Her work includes writing on wine, spirits, and the intersection of beverage with wellness, sobriety, art, and culture.

She is a Certified Sommelier with the Court of Master Sommeliers and a Certified Cava Ambassador and Educator with DO Cava. She is currently editor at Armenia-based Origins Magazine, and was formerly Associate Editor and Spirits Writer at Wine & Spirits Magazine and Editor-in-Chief at The Vintner Project. You can find her on Instagram and Facebook at @racheldelrocco