→ I tell heart-forward stories about (mostly) New York wine [writing]

→ Before wine, I spent over a decade working in corporate event marketing [portfolio]

→ At work, I oversee New York Kitchen’s beverage class curriculum & teach a few classes of my own [come learn]

→ I’m the creator and co-facilitator of DEI Over Wine, a program crafted to build a more equitable world

→ I currently live (and love) in Rochester, New York

Honors & Accolades

  • 2024 Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce
    Colors of Success Inclusive Leadership Award Finalist

  • 2023 Wine Enthusiast Future 40 Tastemaker Honoree

  • 2023 CITY Newspaper Rochester Ten

  • 2023 ATHENA International Young Professional Award Finalist

  • 2022 New York Wine & Grape Foundation Unity Awards Consumer Award Recipient

Photography (clockwise from top): NSP Studio, Abby Quatro Photography, Albert Jones Photography, Rafael Rodriguez.

Hi, I’m Maiah Johnson Dunn. 

wine writer, educator, speaker, entrepreneur, wife & daughter.