Charles Springfield

Charles Springfield is a certified sommelier and wine educator based in New York City. His mission is to help promote wine appreciation through education in the form of classes, events and various forms of media. He has been working in the NYC wine industry for the last 14 years and is also a two-time author. His first book, “The Less is More Approach to Wine,” works to deliver wine education in easy to understand and manageable servings. He wants to help wine lovers create a deeper, more personal relationship with wine. In the summer of 2020, Charles released a new book called “Maneuvering Rosé Wine With Style” focused on educating consumers about the rosé wine category and rosé styles from around the world. As a proud mass communication graduate from an HBCU (Historically Black College and University) — Jackson State University — he has recently gone back to his journalism roots and launched a new, monthly digital wine/lifestyle magazine named DION. The vision of DION magazine is to center wine and lifestyle stories around the Black community and other marginalized cousin-communities. He’s previously worked in newspaper newsrooms in New Orleans and Jackson, Mississippi as well as advertising agencies based in Chicago and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For more info, visit @thewinestylings on Instagram or at charlesspringfield.com.