About Ian Blackburn

Ian Blackburn, CSW, Event Producer 
Ian discovered the wine industry while visiting the Napa Valley as a Culinary Student.  Ian moved his focus to the front of the house, while working with Thomas Keller and Joachim Splichal in Los Angeles.  Now in his 30th year hosting events; leading trips around the wine 
world; Ian has published a wine education book and is working on a new one; Ian has his own wine brand called Beekeeper Cellars and has sat for the difficult Master of Wine Exam! Today, Ian is considered one of the region’s best wine educators and works for his 120,000 followers (follow me), visiting vineyards and
wine regions and produce over 100 wine classes and events per year for Learnaboutwine.com

Timeline
1995 Learnaboutwine.com was created
2003-2005 TASTE on Two Rodeo – weekly tastings on Rodeo Drive
2005 LASupportsLA donated $250K to Hurricane Katrina Charities
2007 My wine class was featured on ABC’s The Bachelor
2010 Sold 5000 Groupons in one day to survive the great recession
2016 Appeared in the Movie “Sour Grapes” – Yes, Rudi was originally a student
2019 Surpassed 1 million dollars in Charity donations through our various events
2020 Pivoted to our own retail store called Merchantofwine.com & we still deliver!
2022 Appeared in the Movie “A Perfect Vintage”

Websites:
ZoomIntoWine.com - virtual tastings and education
MerchantofWine.com - procured wines and my wine of the month club
LearnAboutWine.com - wine education and events

Social Media (110,000 Followers):
Personal Instagram - @ianblackburnpresents
LearnAboutWine Instagram - @learnaboutwine

Facebook - @Learnaboutwine

Youtube - @LearnAboutWine