Anthony Triolo
Director of the Center for Wine & Gastronomy
Anthony Triolo has been a professional in the wine industry since 2015, primarily working as a vineyard manager, cellar master and wine maker in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA of California and abroad. He holds a WSET3 and has a professional diploma in Viticulture and Enology from UC Davis.
Currently, he is the Director of ACM’s Center for Wine and Gastronomy, chief viticulturalist and vintner as well as Professor of Global Wine Studies. His scholarly interests center on the relationship between humanity and the land, most pertinent to today, agriculture’s role in the on-going global environmental crises. He has a particular focus on sustainable biodynamic viticulture/wine making and the notion of terroir as both bottled place and a philosophy.
He is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and received a Bachelor’s degree (Summa Cum Laude) in International Affairs from the American University of Paris, a Master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the Université Paul Valery III, Montpellier in conjunction with the Institut d’Études Politiques in Aix-en-Provence, France. He speaks English and French.
