Alison Crowe is Vice President Winemaking and Founding Partner at Napa-based Plata Wine Partners. Plata Wine Partners, started in 2005, is a leading wine and case goods supplier to “Top 100” wine brands and US and international retailers and restaurants. With grape sourcing from its own certified sustainable vineyards, Plata Wine Partners grows and makes coastal California wines from Santa Barbara County in the south to the Napa and Sonoma Valleys in the north. Alison is also on the Board of the Carneros Wine Alliance, served for over a decade on the Unified Symposium Program Committee and is a frequent industry speaker and educator.