Leadership & Staff

Elaine N. Schoch is the founder and editor of Carpe Travel, a content site dedicated to wine travel. She is an award-winning travel writer, wine judge and certified by the Wine & SpiritEducation Trust (WSET II), one of the world’s leading providers of wine education and certifications. She is a recovering corporate ladder climber who spent two decades working in public relations, social media and marketing for technology startups all the while falling in love with wine and its layered history. Today, she is leveraging her background at Carpe Travel to share the back story of wine, the regions, the people making each region standout, and of course where to sip, stay and what to do beyond the vines. One of the sites main focus is on American wine. With every one of the 50 United States producing wine, a wine country getaway is easier than ever. In addition to wine travel tips, Carpe Travel shares ideas on things to do beyond the vines. With two kids of her own, Elaine has learned that visiting wine country with kids can be done…given there are things outside of wine to do. Elaine would bring her strong marketing and social media background to support CAVE and its ongoing initiatives. Elaine is a Member of the North American Travel Journalists Association, Society of American Travel Writers and a Founding Member of the Professional Travel Bloggers Association. She received the 2017 Bronze Award for the 26th Annual North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) Awards Competition and 2016 Silver Award for a Travel Feature by Parenting Media Association Editorial & Design Award.