Full Name
Martin Reyes M.w.
Job Title
Owner
Company
WineWise & Reyes Wine Group
Speaker Bio
A first-generation American, Martin has held influential roles in many sectors of the wine industry since 2002: wine director, importer, educator, international judge, award-winning winemaker, resilience activist, and writer. His wine story began with an over-indulgent Parisian dinner as a Stanford undergrad; soon after he was stocking shelves at his local wine wineshop. In 2011, Martin became the principal buyer for national wine club programs including The New York Times, Food & Wine Magazine, Williams-Sonoma-Wine, and was named one of Wine Enthusiast’s Top Forty under Forty Tastemakers in 2015. After working harvest at Solomon Undhof in 2016, he took over production for Sonoma-based Peter Paul Wines.
Gradually, Martin developed a multifarious career that transcended national boundaries. Highlights include: being the first Master of Wine of Mexican descent in 2018, winning Best Paper at Vienna’s AAWE Conference in 2019 for his research in consumer purchasing behavior, producing one of Wine & Spirits Magazine’s “US Best Cabernets” under the Peter Paul Wines aegis… twice, and being named one of Wine Business Monthly’s 2020's Industry Leaders for co-founding Wine Unify, empowering diversity, equity, and inclusion in wine through education funding and mentorship. Through his Reyes Wine Group consultancy, Martin developed a deep passion for fostering sustainability, which culminated in co-founding NapaThrives.org - a groundbreaking, community-driven symposium accelerating meaningful sustainability & climate action leadership in Napa County. In 2022, Martin joined Hiram Simon as a Co-Partner at WineWise, a well-respected California importer-distributor founded in 1989.
During his spare time, Martin occasionally writes (his work has been featured in JancisRobinson.com and Napa Valley Viticultural Society’s Journal), co-hosts the James Beard-awarded FourTop podcast on the culture and future of our industry, judges for several international competitions, attempts to become fluent in a fifth language, and unfortunately for dinner guests, is an incorrigible purveyor of dad humor.
Gradually, Martin developed a multifarious career that transcended national boundaries. Highlights include: being the first Master of Wine of Mexican descent in 2018, winning Best Paper at Vienna’s AAWE Conference in 2019 for his research in consumer purchasing behavior, producing one of Wine & Spirits Magazine’s “US Best Cabernets” under the Peter Paul Wines aegis… twice, and being named one of Wine Business Monthly’s 2020's Industry Leaders for co-founding Wine Unify, empowering diversity, equity, and inclusion in wine through education funding and mentorship. Through his Reyes Wine Group consultancy, Martin developed a deep passion for fostering sustainability, which culminated in co-founding NapaThrives.org - a groundbreaking, community-driven symposium accelerating meaningful sustainability & climate action leadership in Napa County. In 2022, Martin joined Hiram Simon as a Co-Partner at WineWise, a well-respected California importer-distributor founded in 1989.
During his spare time, Martin occasionally writes (his work has been featured in JancisRobinson.com and Napa Valley Viticultural Society’s Journal), co-hosts the James Beard-awarded FourTop podcast on the culture and future of our industry, judges for several international competitions, attempts to become fluent in a fifth language, and unfortunately for dinner guests, is an incorrigible purveyor of dad humor.
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