Antonio Galloni
Antonio Galloni is the founder and CEO of Vinous, one of the world’s most influential wine publications, for which he is also the lead critic covering the wines of Bordeaux, California, Italy and Champagne. Since founding Vinous in 2013, Galloni led Vinous’ acquisitions of Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar and Delectable, which made the company unique in the wine industry in its ability to offer both professional reviews from the world’s top critics and the perspectives from hundreds of thousands of wine consumers. Galloni also leads Vinous’ pioneering efforts to map the vineyards of California with renowned cartographer Alessandro Masnaghetti. Prior to Vinous, Antonio was the lead critic of Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate, which he joined having established himself as an influential wine writer through Piedmont Report, the first in-depth, English language journal solely focused on Italian wine. Galloni has an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and is a Berklee-trained musician. When not tasting wines or leading his business, Galloni can be found shredding a guitar or keeping fit.