She led the effort to establish VineSleuth’s proprietary wine evaluation methods, ensuring that human perception was a cornerstone while guaranteeing procedural consistency. Anna Katharine maintains labs at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, and the New York State Agricultural Extension Station in Geneva, NY, where her research focuses on yeast nutrition, red wine color and tannin, and the development of regional wine identity. Anna Katharine earned an MS in Food Science (Enology specialization) from Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in Food Science (Flavor Chemistry specialization) from the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities.