About the Author
Wayne Crawford was a regular US Army officer for twenty-seven years in the infantry. With multiple military tours overseas, he acquired a passion for wine and wine writing.
Wayne has lived in Georgia for over twenty years and spent the last ten years writing a wine column for Big Canoe’s Smoke Signals newspaper in North Georgia.
He is a Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) with the Society of Wine Educators, a French-wine scholar (FWS) and holds a Master Certificate in Champagne from the Wine Scholar guild.
He is an active associate member in the Georgia Wine Producers organization and frequently judges wine competitions in the South.