Kate Dingwall

By day, Kate is a writer, editor and photographer covering the intersection between spirits, business, culture and travel. By night, she’s a sommelier who has worked at some of the best restaurants in North America.
Wine is her first love, academia is her second. She holds an undergraduate degree in renaissance-era Italian architecture, another one in fashion branding and a Masters in Brand Management with a focus on wine marketing. She continues to toil away at her Wine & Spirit Education Trust Diploma.
She writes about strong drinks and nice wines for Food & Wine, Vogue.com, Wine Enthusiast, Forbes.com, Eater, Elle, Worth, and The Toronto Star. Kate lives in Toronto with her rescue dog and cat.

All Articles From Kate Dingwall
A shot of two people at a table at night drinking Cerasuolo wine

Review: Enter Cerasuolo, a Cozy Rosé Suited for Fall

These brawny, cherry-red rosés are built for sweater weather

A bottle of Sweet Berry Wine from Las Jaras, a wine company owned by comedian Eric Wareheim (one-half of Tim & Eric fame) and winemaker Joel Burt

Review: Las Jaras Wines Are Celebrity Juice Done Right

Eric Wareheim (of Tim & Eric fame) delivers a line of odd and whimsical bottles

Drinkers soaked up the sun on acreage of Remy Drabkin's winery for Queer Wine Fest, held June 24

Inside the World’s First Queer Wine Festival

“It would be really difficult to not have a bunch of wine people on a queer-owned farm have a bad time.”

A glass of Shelter Point, a Canadian whisky we recommend, on top of a barrel being held in a hand

For Canada Day, a Politely Passionate Defense of Canadian Whisky

North of the border they’re a little more creative with brown spirits

Closeup male hand with glass of white wine on background wooden oak barrels stacked in rows in order, old cellar of winery, vault.

Why You Hate Chardonnay (And How to Find One You'll Actually Enjoy)

The most famous wine variety in the world gets a bad rap. We can fix that.

Four bottles of "Proxies" by Acid League, a non-alcoholic wine brand

What's Next for Non-Alcoholic Wine?

Do booze-free bubbles and no-ABV wines have a place in your glass? Sommeliers duke it out.

A bottle of 2021 Nouveau from Broc Cellars

The Strange Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Beaujolais Nouveau

A much-scorned wine category is resurrected by a new wave of California winemakers

Pet-Nat Production at Macari

Pét-Nats Are Champagne’s Funkier Cousin. Are They Here to Stay?

This freewheeling (and very old) category of bubbles transcends the recent hype

napa valley reserve

Napa Valley’s Most Exclusive Club Makes Winemakers Out of the 1%

For the low, low price of $150,000+, you too can produce award-winning Napa Cabs

Near Sicily, this is Mount Etna in a smoking phase above the vineyards of Duca di Salaparuta.

Why You Should Be Drinking Wine Made on Volcanoes

Winemakers are traversing treacherous terrain to bring us "gritty and powerful" wines

Two bottles of Wavy Wines, a piquette from Los Angeles

Once Reserved for Vineyard Workers, Piquette Is Your New Drink for Summer

A secret no more, this eco-friendly, wine-like drink is endlessly sessionable.