Tanisha Townsend

Tanisha is the founder and Chief Wine Officer of Girl Meets Glass, a wine lifestyle and education agency. She lives in Paris, France, where she conducts wine and food pairing experiences, hosts a podcast, and teaches wine courses at universities.

Highlights:

Tanisha has written for The Spruce Eats since January 2021.
She holds the WSET Level 3 Certification and is a Certified Specialist of Wine and Certified Specialist of Spirits through the Society of Wine Educators.
Her expertise includes wine education, French wine, food and wine pairings, and grape-based spirits.

Experience

Tanisha has assisted with white papers and written industry blog posts for various online outlets. Her work has appeared on PCMag.com, Geek.com, ThinkWithGoogle.com, as well as in Good Housekeeping. She is passionate about educating consumers on wine and how to incorporate it into their lifestyle. In 2014, Tanisha traded computer programming and tech talk for a wine life and now resides in Paris, where she works as a professor and (virtual) food & wine tour guide.

Education

Tanisha earned a dual degree in Magazine Journalism and Entrepreneurship from Syracuse University. She holds the WSET Level 3 Certification and is a Certified Specialist of Wine and Certified Specialist of Spirits through the Society of Wine Educators.

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