Carrie Rau is a proud Cree/food and wine professional living and working in Toronto, Ontario. She is a CAPS (@capsontario) Sommelier candidate and a WSET instructor for Levels 1 and 2 at IWEG Drinks Academy (@iweg_canada).

Carrie graduated WSET Diploma (@wsetglobal) in 2020, has her Level 2 from International Sommelier Guild (@isgsommelier) and is a member of the Court of Master Sommeliers (@mastersommeliers_americas). She is currently working as certified red seal chef in recipe research and development at a large Test Kitchen that specializes in product development.


As she is very passionate about career development and wine education, she has her eye on future food and beverage trends and is always looking for the next exciting opportunity in the hospitality industry.

Nupur Gogia is a level 4 WSET Diploma Graduate and is currently in Stage 2 of the Masters of Wine Program. She has been working in the trade for the last 7 years and has recently started her own portfolio of natural wines. In addition, Nupur runs her own wine company, Island Vines that runs wine dinners, wine classes and consults on restaurant wine lists.

A chameleon with many forms, Nupur has also completed a doctorate in Sociology and published several articles and co-authored a book. She is an avid traveller and a passionate hedonist that loves all things culinary and fermented grapes in form.