About Us

Accessible across 20 different social networks, including Facebook and Twitter, WeeklyWinePick.com presents exclusive interviews and features with top wine professionals, educators and sommeliers from around the world, offering an educational resource for everyone from the wine newbie to connoisseur.  WeeklyWinePick.com is designed as a “super-blog” that facilitates more comprehensive content.  Columns include: “The Weekly Pick” (by educators and sommeliers), “Editors’ Picks,” “D.C. Events & More” and “Wine Education.”  If you are a sommelier, wine educator or knowledgeable wine professional and would like to contribute a recommendation, or if you are a winemaker or distributor and would like your wines reviewed by a member of our editorial staff, please contact Derek or Angela at the email addresses below.

Derek Swanson, Editor and Founder
Derek is an entrepreneur with a passion for wine who lives in Washington DC. Derek wanted to learn about wine from the experts, and created Weekly Wine Pick in order to share his discoveries. Derek is a former Naval Officer and business consultant. He is also the founder and managing partner of Strategic Services International, a Service Disabled Veteran Owned provider of green technologies.  Derek@WeeklyWinePick.com

Angela Logomasini, Ph.D., Co-Editor
Angela Logomasini is a wine educator with Vintage Wine Consulting and co-editor of Weekly Wine Pick. She also and writes a wine column for the DC Examiner and a blog at WinePolicy.com. A member of the Society of Wine Educators, she is certified at the advanced level with the Wine and Spirits Education Trust and is studying for the WSET Wine Diploma.  Angela@VintageWineConsulting.com

Christopher Prawdzik, Contributor
Christopher Prawdzik is owner of Prawdizik Group LLC, which provides editorial services to a variety of publications and businesses, including a special service for realtors. In 20-plus years of journalism experience, he has written for dozens of publications, including The New Republic, The Dallas Morning News, and Military Times newspapers and has also served as editor for a variety of non-profit publications.

Dick Rosano, Contributor. Dick Rosano has been writing about wine and food for nearly 20 years and has been published hundreds of times in The Washington Post, Wine News, Wine Enthusiast and other magazines. He teaches wine-food pairing at L’Academie de Cuisine, has been a guest lecturer at Smithsonian Institution, and has a recent book, Wine Heritage: The Story of Italian-American Vintners.