Jim Caudill began his career in wine handling public relations for Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates during a particularly productive period of growth and expansion and today adds to that experience by handling trade public relations for Brown-Forman wines, including Sonoma-Cutrer, Bonterra, Jekel, Sanctuary and many other notable brands. He has extensive public relations experience in the tourism industry, where the intersection of Food & Beverage led to his intense interest in Wine, and his career started as a newspaper reporter. That writing background has given him the ability to relate to wine writers, and he regularly contributes a wide variety of marketing communications materials for the brands he represents. His assignments have included travels to the wine growing regions in Chile, Argentina, France and Italy, as well as throughout California, and he has served as a frequent wine judge at the Grand Harvest and West Coast Wine Competitions.