Anna-Christina Cabrales is the Tasting Director for Wine Enthusiast. Under her direction, the Tasting Team blind tastes 25,000 wines from across the globe. Cabrales was the Director of Education at Independence Wine & Spirits, a fine wine importer of Taub Family Selections; GM & Wine Director of Morrell Wine Bar and Project Manager in investor relations for Business Wire. She believes in mentorship and community and is a mentor for Wine Unify and Bâtonnage Forum. She also serves as the NY educational liaison for the Comité Interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne (CIVC) and a Dame Chevalier for L'Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne. Cabrales graduated with a culinary and sommelier diploma from The French Culinary Institute and a bachelor’s in economics and East Asian studies with a minor in psychology from Rutgers University-Douglass College.