Gwendolyn Elliott

Gwendolyn Elliott is a wine writer and editor based in Walla Walla, Washington who won the 2024 Allen Shoup Memorial Wine Writing Fellowship. She pens the ‘Wine is a Food Group’ column for the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin and also writes on her own website while studying for the Wine & Spirits Education Trust’s Level 3 certification. Originally from New York State, she graduated from Nazareth College of Rochester with a Philosophy degree, but moved to Washington state to nurture a fledgling music writing career, working as Music Editor for Seattle Weekly among other titles. While working in restaurants to support her writing, she developed a love of wine and food, particularly plant-based culinary representation in wine, which led her to start ‘Beet Street’, a vegetarian dining column at Seattle Weekly. She has since worked with award-winning vegan chef Miyoko Schinner and Pepper Bridge Winery to produce Walla Walla’s first-ever vegan winemaker’s dinner.