Michaela Morris is a freelance wine writer and educator, splitting her time between Canada, Italy and the UK. As a regular contributor on Italian wine for Decanter, she presents masterclasses and leads wine tours on the magazine’s behalf. She also writes for several other international and Canadian publications such as Meininger’s Wine Business International and Quench.

In addition to writing, she moderates seminars, speaks at conferences and judges wine competitions around the globe. As of 2024, she is the joint Regional Chair for Piedmont at Decanter World Wine Awards.

With a career in wine spanning over 25 years, Michaela’s previous roles include managing a portfolio of premium Italian wine for a Canadian importer, overseeing the Bordeaux En Primeur campaign for a boutique retailer, curating cellars for collectors and working in fine dining restaurants.

Michaela holds the WSET Diploma and was a longtime guest lecturer for the program. She is also a certified Italian Wine Expert through Vinitaly International Academy earning the top mark in VIA’s inaugural year in 2015. She is an Honorary Chianti Classico ambassador as well as Vini del Piemonte’s ambassador in Canada speaking on behalf of both.

Prior to getting in the wine industry, Michaela worked as a fashion model and spent several years cycle touring and working her way around Europe before earning a bachelor’s degree in Linguistics and French from the University of British Columbia. A one-year exchange program led her back to France where she discovered the region of Burgundy and decided to pursue a career in the wine.