Amanda Barnes is an award-winning wine writer and expert on the wine regions of Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Bolivia & Peru. She is author of The South America Wine Guide. She is also a second year MW student.
Cara has held leadership roles across every channel of the wine industry, starting as a Beverage Director, an Import Specialist for a major distributor, National Accounts for a Fine Wine Importer, and acting now as Director of Sales for Avaline. She finds space to build community at Lift Collective.