Lisa Mattson

Lisa M. Mattson is an award-winning wine blogger, wine media expert and former magazine editor. With a bachelor's degree in communications and a master's in heartache, Mattson's fate to write about bad romances was sealed in elementary school when a snowball fight with her first boyfriend landed him in the hospital. He dumped her the following day. Raised in rural Kansas, Mattson's childhood was filled with cheap beer and fried chicken--an ideal foundation for a career promoting prestige wineries. Many nights spent raccoon hunting also prepared Mattson for her first journalism job writing obituaries for a daily newspaper. She escaped to Florida during college, where she chased boys and caught rays while waiting tables. Not long after taking her first wine class at Florida International University, Mattson was sipping malbecs and editing stories for a wine magazine. Twenty years and many ex-boyfriends later, Lisa Mattson is considered a thought leader in wine marketing, known for creating an award-winning winery blog, clever videos and compelling digital media content. Taking the not-so-straight-or-narrow road to finding her dream job and her dream guy was the most fulfilling--and humbling--journey of her life. The Exes in My Glass: How I Refined My Taste in Men & Alcohol is her memoir. She resides in Sonoma County wine country with her husband, their Italian greyhound and a Champagne-centric wine collection.