Evan P. Spingarn has worked in wine for more than thirty years as an educator, consultant, writer, retailer and wholesaler. From 1995 to 1996 he worked for The Beverage Testing Institute in Chicago where he conducted wine, beer and spirits tasting panels and wrote regular tasting notes and articles for Wine Enthusiast magazine. From 1996 to 2004 he served as the manager and buyer for the much-beloved wine shop Nancy’s Wines For Food in New York. He is currently the senior salesperson and German portfolio manager for David Bowler Wine, a fine wine and spirits importer and distributor in New York specializing in small production, artisanal and organic/sustainable wines.

He has been a tasting panelist with Eric Asimov at The New York Times and a frequent guest commentator on wine at Martha Stewart Living Radio. He has authored and consulted on multiple wine lists in New York, and taught hundreds of classes throughout the United States for corporate and private clients through his company, Evan Spingarn Wine Events.

His book, The Ultimate Wine Lover’s Guide saw two editions, and was the bestselling wine book at Barnes & Noble in 2005.

Mr. Spingarn is a fourth generation New Yorker and lives in Brooklyn with his wife Kate, their
daughter Nora, and an extensive Chinese takeout menu collection.