Sarah May Grunwald is a wine, food, and travel writer from California. She graduated from San Diego State University with a BA in European Humanities. She has a sommelier certificate from AIS and is currrently a WSET Diploma candidate. Sarah was a professor at the Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici where she taught the course “Wines of Italy." You can find her writing in various publications including Fodor's, USA Today, Guild Somm, Wine Sofa, Culture Trip, Time Out, Romeing, The Drop, The Feiring Line, as well as in print magazines. She currently lives in the Castelli Romani, the countryside south of Rome, with her six dogs, five cats, and husband. She produces olive oil, keeps bees, and practices permaculture on her land.