Jane A. Nickles
Certified Specialist of Wine

Jane A. Nickles is the wine instructor at the Texas Culinary Academy in Austin, Texas and the owner of "WineSpeak 101", a wine education and consulting firm. She has been called "the hardest working sommelier in Texas" and is a "Certified Specialist in Wine" recognized by the Society of Wine Educators.

"Miss Jane", as her students call her, is the author of "WineSpeak 101", wine columnist for Eat and Drink Austin Magazine, and the wine writer for the website "The Texas Wine and Food Gourmet". In July of 2006, Jane was invited to introduce her book and unique teaching methods at the 30th National Conference of The Society of Wine Educators in Eugene, Oregon. Her signature seminar, "WineSpeak 101," has been named a "Best Bet" by the Austin-American Statesman and has been presented over 100 times!

In April of 2007, Miss Jane received a grant from the Wine and Food Foundation of Texas to support further research and writing about her favorite subject...pairing wine and food. Thanks to the generous support of The Foundation, her new seminar, "When Wine Met Food" is now making the rounds of wine enthusiasts across the U.S.

In December of 2007 Jane was honored by being named the Career Education Corporation "Educator of the Year", from a field of over 90 colleges and 6,000 faculty members. She calls this award her "proudest moment."

In addition to writing and teaching, Miss Jane is the wine director for the annual Umlauf Garden Party and faculty advisor for the TCA student wine club "The Grapeheads". In her free time, she spreads the word about good wine and good living at Wine Festivals, Restaurants, and Wine Clubs all over the country.

To contact Miss Jane, visit her website at www.WineSpeak101.com