Elisabeth Eder is a highly regarded wine writer, WSET-Diploma holder (level before Master of Wine), cheese sommelier, first Ambassador of Champagne in Austria, certified restaurant and hotel manager and Austria native. Her impressive resume includes multiple diplomas in wine education from both Austria and London, Austria's 2012 Business Woman of the Year award, and even an internship at Alexander Valley's Murphy Goode Estate Winery. She has been working in the wine business since 1996 and has been leading tours in the Wachau Valley for several years for Food & Wine Trails