Deborah Parker Wong, Associate Faculty
Position
Associate Faculty, Wine Studies

Deborah Parker Wong

Global Wine Editor, SOMM Journal

National Editor, Slow Wine Guide USA

Lecturer, Associate Instructor of Wine Studies

San Jose State University, Cabrillo College, Santa Rosa Junior College

Recognized by Wine Business Monthly as a 2023 Wine Industry Leader, Deborah Parker Wong, MSc, DipWSET is global wine editor for the SOMM Journal and contributor to sister publication The Tasting Panel magazine. She has been writing about the beverage alcohol industry for these and other outlets since 2004. In 2020 she was appointed National Editor, USA for the Slow Wine Guide which is now in its eighth edition. Deborah lectures at San Jose State University, Santa Rosa Junior College and Cabrillo College, and owns a Wine & Spirit Education Trust school offering Level 2 and Level 3 certifications. In addition to writing and speaking about wine, in May 2025 she received a Master of Science degree in Viticulture and Enology from California State University, Fresno with an emphasis in sensory science.

Her motto is: To learn, read. To know, write. To master, teach. A partial archive of her published work can be found at - www.deborahparkerwong.com.

Social media contacts:

Instagram - @deborahparkerwong

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/deborahparkerwongdwset 

www.facebook.com/deborah.parker.wong

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahparkerwong/


Courses Taught: WINE 1