Jamie Evans is an American

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and wine professional. She's an author, event producer, and creator of the website, The Herb Somm.

Education

Evans studied

viticulture Viticulture (from the Latin word for '' vine'') or winegrowing (wine growing) is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of '' Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, ...

California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (California Polytechnic State University, Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt in Arcata, California or California State Polytechnic Univ ...

. She also studied in the regions of

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and

Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...

in France before earning the Wine Scholar Guild’s French Wine Scholar certification. In addition, Evans is a Certified Specialist of Wine.

Career

Evans worked in the wine industry before she transitioned to writing about cannabis in 2017. During this time, she created a website called The Herb Somm. A year later, she began hosting

events focused on wine and food pairings. Partnering with different cannabis chefs, she produced a cannabis dinner series known as Thursday Infused, held in

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. In 2018, Francis Ford Coppola debuted his cannabis line known as The Grower's Series at a Thursday Infused event. In 2020, Evans released her first book, ''The Ultimate Guide to CBD: Explore the World of Cannabidiol'' and in 2021, her second book, ''Cannabis Drinks: Secrets to Crafting CBD and THC Beverages at Home,'' was published. She is co-editor of ''The Cooking Journal: A Cannabis Culinary Companion''. Evans is the CEO and co-founder of Herbacée, a non-alcoholic French-inspired cannabis wine brand.

Recognition

In 2018, Evans was named a "Top 40 Under 40 Tastemaker" by ''

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'' magazine and a "''SevenFifty Daily'' Drinks Innovator" by ''SevenFifty Daily.''

References

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