Jamie Knee

Jamie Knee is the founder of Petite Wine Traveler, a speaker, host, and wine travel voice whose work connects wine, travel, hospitality, and cultural storytelling. Her signature industry keynote, Wine as a Passport, explores how wine can create deeper guest connection and stronger destination identity through story and sense of place, while her consumer-facing talk, Seeing the World Through a Wine Glass, invites wine enthusiasts to experience wine through travel, culture, and connection.
Jamie also works with hospitality teams on wine communication and guest engagement, drawing on her experience training staff at The Ritz Carlton Bacara in wine service, wine country storytelling, and how to speak with guests about wine with greater confidence and ease. In addition, she has presented wine tastings aboard luxury cruise liners and river cruises, and hosts luxury wine dinners in Montecito, California.
As an international wine judge, she travels the world to evaluate wines at prestigious competitions, adding a global perspective and refined palate to her work in speaking, media, and hospitality. Her work has also been recognized with inclusion among the Top 50 Most Influential Women in Wine Hospitality.
Through speaking, editorial storytelling, and media, Jamie helps audiences and brands experience wine country with greater meaning, warmth, and connection.

Areas of Expertise
• Wine as a Passport: How Story and Sense of Place Create Memorable Guest Experiences
• Seeing the World Through a Wine Glass: Wine, Travel, Culture, and Connection for Enthusiast Audiences
• Training Hospitality Teams to Speak About Wine with Confidence and Ease
• How Wine, Culture, and Story Build Emotional Connection and Loyalty