Host Biography

Leslie Sbrocco is an award-winning author, speaker, and host of KQED's Check, Please! Bay Area.

Her first book, Wine for Women: A Guide to Buying, Pairing and Sharing Wine, has been excerpted by two national magazines -- Redbook and Family Circle -- and won the coveted Georges Duboeuf Best Wine Book of the Year award. Sbrocco's second book, The Simple & Savvy Wine Guide, was released in 2006.

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As a regular columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle's Wine section, and the Tasting Notes columnist for Epicurious.com, Sbrocco's monthly musings are enjoyed by thousands. Her current work can be read in publications such as O, the Oprah magazine, Coastal Living, Good Housekeeping, Glamour, and Santé. Prior to completing Wine for Women, Sbrocco was a wine columnist for The New York Times online and "Cooking with the Times," as well as General Manager/Co-founder of WineToday.com, the wine site of The New York Times.

Whether appearing on television as the host of Check, Please! Bay Area, or on such outlets as the Food Network and the Today Show, Sbrocco's humor and passion resonates with viewers.

A sought-after speaker, Leslie has spoken at events ranging from O magazine's "Hi Gorgeous" tour to the American Dietetic Association national convention. She has been the keynote speaker at the Boston Wine Expo, Washington D.C. International Wine and Food Festival, and Taste Washington among others. Leslie is a consultant with the Kimpton Hotel Group and a judge at a number of the country's largest wine competitions.

Sbrocco lives with her husband and two children in Sonoma County.