Madeline Puckette is a certified sommelier with the Court of Master Sommeliers. Her prior background in design inspires the content at winefollycom, and her work has been used by Wines of France, the Court of Master Sommeliers, and the Guild of Sommeliers. In 2013 Wine Folly was named Wine/Spirit Blogger of the Year by the International Wine & Spirit Competition. Justin Hammack is the founding partner of Wine Folly.
He leads the site's business strategy, internat technologies, and information modeling.