WINERY BLOG

Carolyn Tillie has been called a modern-day Renaissance woman. She is an accomplished writer, jewelry and metal craftsman, and culinary artist.

Journalism

As a freelance writer, Carolyn regularly contributes to the internationally renown Gault Milleau-owned Gayot.com and Novus Vinum.com. She has written for the Napa Register, Hugh Johnson's World of Fine Wines magazine, and is a regular correspondent to the wine-devoted Gang of Pour. She has also contributed to Wine Business Monthly, Wines and Vines, and Enterprising Women magazines. In an attempt to taste and review every winery in California, she is running The Ultimate California Wine Blog.

Based in San Francisco and available for consulting, she has a diverse list of clientele; ghost-writing cookbooks, developing restaurant websites, and freelance writing in both the food and wine industries. In her copious amount of free time, she is writing a book on The Eating Habits of the Victorian Gentry.

Art

Her artistic endeavors have been numerous: In 1998, she received a Masters of Fine Art Degree developing elaborate artwork based on the Kabbalah. She continues to accept commission work for one-of-a-kind jewelry work. As a member of the OTO, she has designed and created custom pieces for this co-fraternal organization. In 2001, she was the driving force and curator of the exhibit Reflections of the New Aeon, in Long Beach, California—an exhibit that brought together rare, historical works by Aleister Crowley, Marjorie Cameron, Austin Osman Spare, Harry Smith, and J.F.C. Fuller showcased next to modern artists.

Culinary

Shortly after finishing her art degree, Carolyn went to cooking school to pursue another passion in her life. Very shortly afterwards, she started creating, cooking for, and hosting a series of multi-course feasts. Some were based on actual historical meals while others were created with the moment in history in mind. Two that were documented include a meal based from the famous cooking by Salvador Dali—the now infamous Dali Dinner. In celebration of noted author Lon DuQuette’s Chicken Qabalah, she prepared a 10-course meal with a course for each sephira, The Qabalistic Dinner.