2011: Mary Ewing-Mulligan is the co-author (with her husband, Ed McCarthy) of six wine books in the Wine For Dummies series — including French Wine For Dummies and Italian Wine For Dummies — as well as her latest , Wine Style. She has taught hundreds of wine classes  and visited nearly every wine region in the world. Mary is president of International Wine Center, a New York City wine school that offers credentialed wine education for wine professionals and serious wine lovers. MARY EWING-MULLIGAN podcast excerpt: "We drink Barbera more than we drink any other single type of wine. We have dear friends who live in Northern Italy and they are Barbera specialists. It's really hard not to be consumed by the same passion." As U.S. director of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET®), the world’s leading wine educational organization, she works to make the courses she offers in New York available in more and more parts of the United States. She is also the long-standing wine columnist of the New York Daily News. Mary’s most impressive credential is that she’s the first female Master of Wine — MW — in the United States, and one of only 22 MW’s in North America. She is also a columnist for the online wine magazine, WineReviewOnline.com and is an accredited  Certified Wine Educator. Learn more about the "For Dummies" book series here: The show is hosted by Bob Andelman of , who was paid for his work.