Meridith May is the owner of The SOMM Journal and the co-founder of THE TASTING PANEL Magazine and The Clever Root magazines. She is responsible for the publications’ branding and content. She has successfully increased each national magazine’s circulation and readership to reach over 65,000 bi-monthly for SOMM Journal and over 90,000 hospitality industry professionals 11 times a year for The Tasting Panel. The Clever Root’s first issue debuts at SommCon, the “everything that grows” magazine. This new farm-to-table quarterly publication will be business-to-consumer’s sophisticated voice for chefs, farmers, modern cooks and introduce an educational, responsible voice for the cannabis industry. Meridith co-owns THE TASTING PANEL and The Clever Root with Anthony Dias Blue.