“Wine with your Cheetos? It’s more likely than you think.”
Born and raised as a Southern Baptist in Louisville (Loo-a-vul), Kentucky to parents who didn’t take a sip of alcohol in front of her until she was an adult, Price’s unlikely entry into the wine world was a part-time job waiting tables at a local Kentucky winery. More than 15 years later, Price is now a certified Level 4 sommelier and has sold wines to some of the country’s most acclaimed fine dining restaurants such as Daniel and Jean-Georges. Discovering she had a deep interest and talent for making wine accessible to others, Price became an instructor for The Wine & Spirit Education Trust, in addition to writing about wine for several media outlets. She is the Creative Director and Founder of The Vinum Collective and is also developing a high-end restaurant and hotel concept set to open Spring 2022 in Montauk (The Hamptons).
The Incredible BM&B Team
Michelle McSwain Photography
Michelle McSwain is a commercial portrait and lifestyle photographer based in Los Angeles and New York City. She has also been one of Vanessa’s best friends since they were 7 and 8 respectively, growing up together in Louisville, Kentucky. She has done photography for brands such as Girl Scouts, JBL, Soundcloud, SPANX, Facebook, Wine Spectator, Barkbox, AMC Networks, Shoes.com and is also the creator of the patented mobile photo and video App, PABLO. She previously did photo editing and retouching with the New York Times and Yahoo Inc, which helped develop her signature style of bright light and warmth.
Adam Laukhuf Co-Author
Adam Laukhuf is a veteran writer and editor who also happens to be Vanessa Price’s upstairs neighbor. He was most recently Executive Editor of the New York Observer and Editor in Chief of the arts and travel magazine The National, where he published work by Pulitzer Prize-winning writers and Poet Laureates. Laukhuf cut his teeth at Vanity Fair, where he was on staff for six years, and later at Details magazine as a Senior Editor. In addition to helping launch the original Radar magazine and the news site Vocativ, he was Editor-at-Large of the fashion and lifestyle glossy Man of the World and Executive Editor on the luxury relaunch of Maxim’s print edition, as well an editor of special projects for New York magazine, DuJour and the Hollywood Reporter. He has consulted extensively for startups and digital media projects, including the development of Gucci’s iPad app, and has written for Vanity Fair, GQ, Wired, Esquire, Entrepreneur, New York magazine and the Hollywood Reporter, among many others.
The Ellaphant in the Room Illustration
The Ellaphant in the Room is a Brooklyn-based company that creates sophisticated, hand painted wall murals and print illustrations. Vanessa was first paired with The Ellaphant when they worked on the New York magazine column that would eventually become this book. They specialize in designing and painting statement making walls by working with concepts and colors that compliment your existing interior for your living room, dining room or child’s bedroom. Their illustrations are small-scale artworks that are commissioned both commercially for magazines such as NY Magazine, Real Simple, Boston, Readers Digest and Parent & Child magazine. and privately for home décor.
