Terry Sullivan

Terry Sullivan is an author and wine travel writer. Taking thousands of photographs and writing articles, Terry and his wife Kathy visited more than 1,300 wineries and vineyards in Europe, North America and Oceania.

Our first book, "A Wine Journey" was published in November 2012. The book explores what interested wine enthusiasts can do to learn about wine, make wine and travel to wine regions. Our second book, "A Wine Tourist’s Guide: Visiting Tasting Rooms" was published in September 2013. This book is about visiting tasting rooms, expectations, etiquette, common international grapes and more. Our third book, "Georgia, Sakartvelo: the Birthplace of Wine" was published in March 2014. This book looks at the wonderful wine story of what is now the country Georgia. Wine grapes were cultivated and wine continuously made in Georgia for 8,000 years. This is thousands of years prior to viticulture and winemaking in Western Europe. Our fourth book, "A Wine Lexicon: Increasing Your Knowledge" was published in January 2017. Beyond a wine vocabulary book, this rendition offers anecdotes, stories or recipes for many of the book's terms.

We have been making wine since 2008 deciding that since we were writing about wine we should start making it. Over that time we have made wine at home (where we tend to be more experimental), at a Virginia winery and at a Maryland winery. We crafted a barrel of 2012 Stagecoach (Atlas Peak AVA) Cabernet Sauvignon in barrel at Tin Lizzie Wineworks in Clarksville, Maryland. With the 2013 harvest, we made a qvevri-wine in the country Georgia. We helped to harvest Rkatsiteli, a white grape, in September 2013 and destemmed the grapes and placed them in a small qvevri buried in the ground at Twins Wine Cellar of Napareuli. We opened the qvevri in April 2014 when we returned to Georgia in the Spring. In the Autumn of 2014, we made another barrel of Cabernet Sauvignon at Tin Lizzie Wineworks.

We attend several wine conferences a year. In January 2012 we attended and presented at the International Wine Tourism Conference (IWINETC) in Perugia, Italy. Terry presented at the Eastern Winery Exposition in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in March 2013. A week later we presented in Zagreb, Croatia at the International Wine Tourism Conference. In March 2014 Terry presented in Tiblisi, Georgia at the International Wine Tourism Conference. In April 2014, Terry presented to several members of the New Jersey wine trade including tasting room staff. Terry also presented at the 2015 Wine Bloggers Conference.