Catherine Johnson

Catherine Johnson is a Certified Sommelier through The Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas. She has been actively involved in the wine industry for two decades, and has worked as a sommelier in various settings such as restaurants, boutique tasting rooms, wine education, importation and distribution, and small-group tours of major European wine regions. Catherine has a passionate, yet playful, approach to teaching and strives to continue her education.

Course Title: Deep Dive into the Regional Wines of Italy (Winter Term 2022)
Participant Testimonials:

Fabulous class. We are all devotees of Catherine's classes. So well done, prepared, executed

Fantastic. Catherine is such a great instructor and so interactive with everyone in the class.

Course Title: Wine on the Table: Pairing Dishes from Across the World (Spring Term 2021)
Participant Testimonials: 

She encourages everyone to participate and there were no wrong answers as we gave our opinions! This class as well as her earlier class was such a delightful way to survive Covid and 2020-2021!

Oh my gosh. Just listening to Catherine talk about wine and food, with passion, was one of the greatest parts of the class.

Course Title: Exploring the Wines of Europe (Winter Term 2021)
Participant Testimonials:

Catherine has an impressive breadth of knowledge and experience in the field of wine and food pairings.

This is such a fun course. Catherine is incredibly knowledgeable about wines and is eager to share what she knows with the rest of us. Her enthusiasm is contagious. I know I will be making much better wine choices.