Zimmerman Named the "Wine & Spritits Examiner"
for the SF Examiner.com
Wine
Writer and Educator Liza the Wine Chick is Tapped for
Exclusive San Francisco Drinks Coverage
(San
Francisco˜June 16, 2008) Zimmerman has joined
a team of online experts to share her opinions and expertise
on wine and spirits trends, personalities and events in San
Francisco. She will be posting her column three to four times
a week along with other "Examiners" covering other
topics, such as food, education and music.
The
Examiner.com is rolling the website out in close to 60 U.S.
cities and San Francisco is among the first five to have launched.
Denver, Baltimore, Chicago and Seattle are also live. Zimmerman
is the 23rd columnist to join the lineup.
Examiner.com
editor George Shirk hopes to pump the total number of contributors
up to several hundred within the next year.
The
inspiration for the website comes from Examiner.com CEO Michael
Sherrod, who directed communities at AOL when he was a vice
president there. His vision is to create hyperlocal, social
knowledge networks across the United States. Shirk calls it
"a bold and exciting project that gives experts in their
fields an increased opportunity to pass their knowledge on to
others who are seeking it." The Examiner.com is part of
the Clarity Media Group, which itself is a part of AEG Worldwide.
Zimmerman is "thrilled to have this unique opportunity
to cover the drinks business in her hometown." She also
promises "to bring her opinionated, lively writing style
and 15 years experience in the drink's journalism trenches to
the column."
Zimmerman
spent 12 years as a wine and food magazine editor in New York
and has contributed to dozens of publications including Wine
Spectator, Wine Enthusiast, Market Watch, The Magazine of La
Cucina Italiana and Time Out New York, among others. She regularly
contributes to Wine Business Monthly, In the Mix, Caviar Affair
and Fodors.com.
Her
column can be viewed at SF
Examiner.com. For more information see www.Lizathewinechick.com
or please contact Liza Zimmerman at Liza@Lizathewinechick.com.
*Diploma
Wine & Spirits, a rigorous three-year wine program from
the London-based Wine & Spirit Education Trust. Zimmerman
completed the course in 2001 and is one of approximately only
100 in the United States to hold the degree.