Over the last decade, Dixie Huey has successfully guided over 50 wineries ranging from smaller family-owned ventures like Calera and Joseph Phelps to international businesses including Symington Family Estates and Diageo. Her depth of expertise and strategic focus provide valuable insight on the need for measurable return on marketing investment. 

Huey's work has appeared on the History Channel's "Modern Marvels", the Today Show, on numerous radio segments, and in most major industry, food and lifestyle publications in the U.S.  She holds a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in finance, the advanced certificate from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust, and a certification from the Court of Master Sommeliers.  Huey also serves on the Oregon Wine Board's marketing committee and is a frequent panelist, business writer and competition judge.  

Before founding Trellis Wine Consulting, Huey served as Director of Marketing & Communications for Premium Port Wines, the North American importer for the Symington Family Estates of Portugal, the leading exporter of premium Port worldwide.   Prior to representing the Symington Family, she managed public relations for Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines, a subsidiary of the world’s premier drinks business.  As senior account executive at Calhoun & Company, she provided counsel to Joseph Phelps, Louis Bernard, E. & J. Gallo, Kim Crawford, JUSTIN, and Calera, among others.  Her past experience includes working as a buyer, serving as adjunct wine marketing instructor for the Northwest Viticultural Center, and extensive travel to world wine regions in Europe, South Africa and North America.

A native of North Carolina, Huey was graduated cum laude with an AB in psychology and a minor in French from Duke University.  While at Duke she spent a semester studying at La Sorbonne in Paris and developed a wine education program for her fellow students. When she is not thinking about business or wine, Huey enjoys running, tennis, writing, cooking, and volunteering as a career counselor and interviewer for Duke University.

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