Kristin Howlett is a Naples resident with a passion for most everything wine & vine. She has studied under the three most recognized wine & spirits organizations across the globe. She achieved her Level 3 Award from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET), is a Certified Sommelier, with advanced tasting course work through the Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas; and is a Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) through the Society of Wine Educators. She has also studied French wine regions under the Wine Scholar Guild, based in Washington, DC.

Prior to her immersion into the world of wine, Kristin worked with Fortune 500 companies and in government leading IT implementations and its subsequent change management. She also owned and managed a consulting firm which specialized in outsourced project management. She holds a Master’s Degree in Public Finance from the State University of New York at Albany and a Masters Certificate in Applied Project Management from Villanova University. She is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM).  

She has now integrated her passion for the study of wine along with her work in leading successful IT and business implementations into a passion for assisting others to plan, organize and execute their objectives within the world of wine.