Introduction
Keith Wallace, M.S. Oenology and Viticulture (University of California, Davis) is the wine columnist for The Daily Beast. He founded the Wine School of Philadelphia.
Previously he served as an executive chef and a journalist for National Public Radio, as well as a winemaker and wine consultant in the United States and Italy. He has contributed to Philadelphia Magazine, Philadelphia Style, and Barron's New Wine Lovers Companion, among other publications, and also created the "Philly Uncorked" show for www.philly.com.
His food and wine book Corked & Forked: Four Seasons of Eats and Drinks was published by Running Press in 2011.
Controversy
The Wine School of Philadelphia received national press attention in 2009 when the WWE challenged its trademark application with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for the mark, "Sommelier Smackdown". Litigation surrounding the school's intellectual property rights is ongoing.
Also in 2009, the Wine School and founder Keith Wallace were featured on NPR's All Things Considered as a result of Wallace's controversial article published in The Daily Beast, "How Wine Became Like Fast Food".