Cassia Schifter

Cassia Schifter

Restaurant Awards Director

About

Cassia Schifter joined Wine Spectator in 2015 and was promoted to associate tasting coordinator in 2019.

She is from Washington, D.C., and earned a degree in English from Amherst College. A former head cheesemonger for Murray’s Cheese, she pivoted to the wine industry in 2013. 

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