Ian Blackburn founded LearnAboutWine^TM (www.LearnAboutWine.com), Los Angeles’ first wine education and event Web site, in 1995. Blackburn holds local board positions with the American Institute of Wine and Food and serves as a consulting Wine Educator for the Cordon Bleu’s California School of Culinary Arts, the Learning Annex, and other major Southern California Institutions.

Allison Levine is the Director of Marketing, Public Relations, and Events for LearnAboutWine^TM. Levine also holds a position on the local board of the American Institute of Wine and Food.

The Learning Annex is the largest alternative adult-education organization in the United States. It offers short, inexpensive courses on personal growth, business and career opportunities, showbiz and media, health and healing, sports and fitness, spirituality, relationships, technology, and many other subjects.