Carl Giavanti is a Portland, Oregon-based winery publicist during the day and a burgeoning wine and travel writer at heart. His wine writer interview series for Wine Industry Advisor “Turning the Tables – Interviewing the Interviewers” – turned 5 years old in November 2023 – with a feature profile of Eric Asimov of the New York Times. Carl’s interview (the editor of WIA turned the tables on him) is featured in the December 2023 edition. You can read over 75 wine media interviews on this landing page and over 90 interviews on his consulting website. You will also find over 150 blog posts on his site over the last 15 years, including guest articles from prominent wine and food journalists and critics.

Carl has also written about various wine industry topics for Wine Business Monthly, Vineyard & Winery Management, The Grapevine Magazine, Wine Industry Network, Great Northwest Wine, and Oregon Wine Press.

Carl began writing for the Winetraveler.com platform in 2022 and has expanded his outlets to other wine, travel, and lifestyle publications including Food Wine Travel Magazine, Wander with Wonder and The Vintner Project. He launched a unique winemaker interview series called “WineCharacters” in August 2024, where he interviews the makers behind the bottle.