Melanie Grayce West works for the Wall Street Journal's "Tastings" wine column written by Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher.

Her writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Supermarket News, The Indianapolis Star, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, The Gainesville Sun, Naples Daily News [Fla.], Laredo Morning Times [Texas], The Chronicle Herald [Canada], The Gainesville Sun and Cape Cod Times.

Melanie has a bachelor's degree in government and Latin American studies from Cornell University and a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.