Amber Rill

Amber is the former Assistant Beverage Director and Director of Education at Corkbuzz Wine Studio, working closely with owner Laura Maniec MS, Beverage Director of the Year from Wine Enthusiasts Wine Star Awards in 2019.

Amber arrived in New York in 2013 armed with a passion for culture, travel, food and storytelling, determined to explore her interest in wine. She found the study of wine to be an organic extension of her love of travel and culture, and has worked two harvests, with Carl Ehrhard in Rüdesheim, Germany, in 2014 and Brooks Wines in Amity, Oregon in 2017.

She holds a Diploma in Wine & Spirits through the Wine and Spirit Education Trust, is a Certified Sommelier, Valpolicella Wine Specialist, and a certified Spanish Wine Educator for ICEX, Wines of Spain. She is an educator for the Wine Scholar Guild, the only educator to offer French Wine Scholar, Spanish Wine Scholar, and French, Italian, and Spanish Prep programs in NYC. Amber is a Stage 2 Master of Wine Candidate.

She has traveled extensively in wine growing regions in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Georgia, Bulgaria, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada and the U.S. Aside from teaching about wine, you can usually find her hosting dinner parties with friends and sharing stories from her travels in more than 40 countries.