http://craigcamp.smugmug.com/Journalism/ <b>Please visit me at The Wine Camp Blog - www.winecampblog.com</b> I was born and raised in Harvard, Illinois, a land of Manhattans, Pabst beer and Friday-night fish fries — wine was unknown. However, during a college semester spent studying in Europe I discovered wine and fine food, and there was no going back. After graduating from Illinois State University, I worked as a photojournalist and food and wine writer in Chicago for four years before my passion for food and wine overwhelmed my sense of reality and I entered the wine business In 1980, I joined Sam Leavitt as a partner in Direct Import Wine Company which grew to be recognized as offering the most elite portfolio of estate wines in the Chicago market. In the early 80’s we began importing the Italian selection of Neil and Maria Empson and the French wines of Rebecca Wasserman and Christopher Cannan. These people influenced me deeply and the many, many hours I spent with them in the vineyards shaped and developed my palate. I will be ever grateful to them for this extraordinary education. In 1996 the company was devoured by Paterno Imports (who later fed it to Southern Wine and Spirits), but I remained at Direct as president until 1999. In a fit of sanity, prompted by an outburst of ethics, I left the corporate world of the Terlato Wine Group to return to the area of the wine industry that fueled my passion for wines to begin with: small estates making distinctive wines with a personality reflecting the vision of the people that created them. Following a brief crash-and-burn as an importer, I spent the next two wonderful years in Italy writing and doing a total immersion experience in Italian winemaking and cooking. This led to my creating VinoCibo.com to share these experiences and engage in an exchange of ideas with other like-minded “terroir-ists”. Now that I am back in the USA that project has been replaced by The Wine Camp Blog (www.winecampblog.com) as I wanted my focus to go beyond the wines of Italy. Currently I am general manager of Cornerstone Cellars in the Napa Valley where I am lucky to work with an extraordinary winemaker, Celia Welch Masyczek. Now, after a long break, I have returned to photography as a part of my profession and am pleased to present my favorite images to you in this photo blog. Thank you for visiting and I look forward to your comments. http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:36:19 -0800 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:34:56 -0800 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://craigcamp.smugmug.com/photos/236359325_jSc8E-Ti.jpg http://craigcamp.smugmug.com/Journalism/ http://craigcamp.smugmug.com/Journalism/Oregon-Vintage-2008/6241312_wyjEm#394080187_26mR8 <p><a href="http://craigcamp.smugmug.com">Craig Camp</a><br />Winemaker Tony Rynders samples pinot noir during the 2008 Willamette Valley harvest.</p><p><a href="http://craigcamp.smugmug.com/Journalism/Oregon-Vintage-2008/6241312_wyjEm#394080187_26mR8" title="Winemaker Tony Rynders samples pinot noir during the 2008 Willamette Valley harvest."><img src="http://craigcamp.smugmug.com/Journalism/Oregon-Vintage-2008/tonyrynderselvengladesample-10/394080187_26mR8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Winemaker Tony Rynders samples pinot noir during the 2008 Willamette Valley harvest." title="Winemaker Tony Rynders samples pinot noir during the 2008 Willamette Valley harvest." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Journalism Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:21:04 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Craig Camp) http://craigcamp.smugmug.com/Journalism/Oregon-Vintage-2008/tonyrynderselvengladesample-10/394080187_26mR8-Th.jpg 2008-10-11 15:04:50 c708c34b054b9afbdafde665ad2bbd37 b02cbaf8c642c0b2fae60db37e3c93b8 0734dfa16c35884a5a5eb17367d0df40 c1c87d76b1f351b8b7dff9a39f1d86cc 0a9603d537e32982ced7d571e9b73613 2681b7f9befc515412764e5a3e0e7fb7 1afbe15bc05d4772fbaba04c25eb634c 28d0507a4add4e94c7bd69e72bf58d29 89de64e1cb74e6b7d3e391b3aaf03160 Winemaker Tony Rynders samples pinot noir during the 2008 Willamette Valley harvest. <p><a href="http://craigcamp.smugmug.com">Craig Camp</a><br />Winemaker Tony Rynders samples pinot noir during the 2008 Willamette Valley harvest.</p><p><a href="http://craigcamp.smugmug.com/Journalism/Oregon-Vintage-2008/6241312_wyjEm#394080187_26mR8" title="Winemaker Tony Rynders samples pinot noir during the 2008 Willamette Valley harvest."><img src="http://craigcamp.smugmug.com/Journalism/Oregon-Vintage-2008/tonyrynderselvengladesample-10/394080187_26mR8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Winemaker Tony Rynders samples pinot noir during the 2008 Willamette Valley harvest." title="Winemaker Tony Rynders samples pinot noir during the 2008 Willamette Valley harvest." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Journalism tonyrynderselvengladesample, 2008 Craig Camp Craig Camp http://craigcamp.smugmug.com/Journalism/Oregon-Vintage-2007/4058797_umKhR#236373386_Qmaq5 <p><a href="http://craigcamp.smugmug.com">Craig Camp</a> </p><p><a href="http://craigcamp.smugmug.com/Journalism/Oregon-Vintage-2007/4058797_umKhR#236373386_Qmaq5" title="Craig Camp's photo"><img src="http://craigcamp.smugmug.com/Journalism/Oregon-Vintage-2007/harvest-07-riesling-our-muller/236373386_Qmaq5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="52" alt="Craig Camp's photo" title="Craig Camp's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Journalism Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:12:05 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Craig Camp) http://craigcamp.smugmug.com/Journalism/Oregon-Vintage-2007/harvest-07-riesling-our-muller/236373386_Qmaq5-Th.jpg cf1898963051e9f0288cdfce1e974af3 b7f4b06ef2ee6ac37ef207f8ac07559a 2bc5cc58c50ceeeab84e8092f7e2fe2c 8d9c47f97d694e7e1dea0d919526c988 de414025db98d31edd54864a28ff6938 d3af06158678f7beceeb92889f87cdef 57605f9cc3a55347e80d16ab0c23f93d 27cfe9d524597982e3dba37fcf22804a b8c0a9d0b0d4be6417916d6f7e0bccb2 Craig Camp's photo <p><a href="http://craigcamp.smugmug.com">Craig Camp</a> </p><p><a href="http://craigcamp.smugmug.com/Journalism/Oregon-Vintage-2007/4058797_umKhR#236373386_Qmaq5" title="Craig Camp's photo"><img src="http://craigcamp.smugmug.com/Journalism/Oregon-Vintage-2007/harvest-07-riesling-our-muller/236373386_Qmaq5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="52" alt="Craig Camp's photo" title="Craig Camp's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Journalism harvest 07 riesling our muller dv hv and zena pn, thomas Craig Camp Craig Camp