Founder of the new multimedia company Thirsty Girl, Leslie Sbrocco’s entertaining approach and insights make exploring wine, travel and food fun. An award-winning author, speaker, wine consultant and television host, Leslie has been published in O, The Oprah Magazine, Coastal Living, Women’s Day, Epicurious.com, Good Housekeeping and Glamour, among others. Before completing Wine for Women she was an online columnist for The New York Times and General Manager/Co-founder of WineToday.com. On PBS, Leslie serves as host of Check Please!, which has been honored with the highly respected James Beard award, two Tasty awards and three Emmy® awards. She has also been a featured judge on The Winemakers and is a popular guest on NBC’s Today Show among other national television shows. Leslie has developed wine programs for companies such as Harry & David, the Kimpton Hotel Group and Virgin America Airlines.