Somm-antic Drift
Alisha Blackwell-Calvert is an Advanced Sommelier and Beverage Director of Madrina Restaurant in St. Louis, Missouri. Formerly of Cinder House at the Four Seasons Hotel STL, she has received recognitions from the James Beard Foundation Awards “Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service” Semifinalist 2025, Wine Enthusiast Magazine’s 2021 “Sommelier of the Year” Wine Star Award nominee & 2018 “40 Under 40 Tastemaker”, and the 2023 Iconoclast Wine Honoree. Blackwell-Calvert has served as a mentor in the Bâtonnage Forum program and member of Les Dames d’Escoffier International. Other professional interests include wine writing, judging, educating, mead consulting, and sitting as a founding board member of the SCC Viticulture and Enology program.