Alison Sokol Blosser, daughter of Susan Sokol Blosser and Bill Blosser, remembers being small enough to climb into the press to help her father clean it during harvest. I’m sure every Thirsty Girl wishes those were her childhood memories. That’s why Alison Sokol Blosser is this week’s TTG. From there on, Alison decided that while the actual winemaking wasn’t her thing, the family vineyard and winery were in her blood.
After getting her MBA at the University of Washington and spending three years working in public relations and marketing communications with startups and consumer branding giants Nike and Nordstrom, she came home to Sokol Blosser in 2004 as Director of Marketing. Now a Co-President, Alison works with her brother Alex (yes, it’s a family business!) to plan the strategic future of the business and also oversees marketing, sales, and administrative functions, including accounting, finance and human resources.
Alison is involved in the Oregon wine industry as a board member of Oregon Pinot Camp, a board member of Wine America, and as a member of the Oregon Wine Board’s marketing committee. She was also a founding board member of the Dundee Hills Winegrowers Association.
Besides running the business side of Sokol Blosser Winery she enjoys spending time with her son, Dario, and a standard poodle, Twix.
Sandi Graham lives in Dallas, Tx – but that’s just the beginning. In honor of 
Jill Silverman Hough is a cookbook author, food and wine writer, recipe developer, and culinary instructor whose forte is making food and cooking simple yet special. Thirsty Girls love to drink … AND eat.
Nicole Carbon is a writer of food, wine, cocktails, travel and well, all things fabulous … Thirsty Girl material. Nicole publishes 
Janene Roberts is true Thirsty Girl, just look at her picture. Like many of us Janene enjoys eating, drinking, traveling and indulging her entrepreneurial spirit.
Maureen Petrosky is an author, professional chef, writer/ editor, instructor and food stylist. Maureen makes regular appearances on air as a food and wine expert, and as a lifestyle expert, producing and conducting segments relating to hot topics in the culinary industry. Maureen has appeared numerous times on NBC’s The TODAY Show, CNN Headline News, CNN, FOX News Channel, the Food Network, and broadcast network affiliates across the country, representing her own projects as well as appearing as an on-air spokesperson for Better Homes and Gardens, and as a Contributing Editor for Bon Appétit magazine. Maureen has also been featured on numerous radio programs and regularly talks about food and wine for Public Radio’s WHYY.
“My Passion; teaching you to love wine like I do,” that’s this week’s Thursday Thirsty Girl, Deb Bailey’s philosophy.
This week’s Thursday Thirsty Girl is Texas wine goddess, Susan Auler. Susan is Co-Owner and Director of Communications for Fall Creek Vineyards on Lake Buchanan at Tow in the Texas Hill Country. Established with husband, Ed Auler, in 1975, Fall Creek Vineyards is spearheading the promotion of Texas wine across the country. Today, Fall Creek produces a roster of award-winning wines that generate such acclaim to merit a place at the inaugural dinners of the Governor, Speaker of the House and Lieutenant Governor of Texas as well as three Presidents of the United States and other world leaders such as Prince Charles, Vladimir Putin, Vicente Fox and the Premiere of China. The Aulers have become known as the “First Family” of Texas Wines.
This week’s Thursday Thirsty Girls are cooking duo Dana and Christina, who met while in the MBA program at NYU. After graduating and becoming roommates they discovered their mutual love of wine, cheese, cooking and entertaining. That passion, combined with an unusually large apartment (by New York City standards), led to numerous recipe-testing, wine and cheese binge-ing and dinner parties for friends. Living life throwing parties, entertaining, cooking and eating? Yep, definitely Thirsty Girls.