Darby Wagner

Darby Mae Wagner is a writer, creative producer, design enthusiast and rogue sommelière. She’s worked in and out of natural wine and hospitality for the last 5-10 years, running the wine club and assistant buying at Vinyl Wine, somming at Bar Bête, and bartending at Heaven and Earth, among others. She's also done harvests in Oregon at Cooper Mountain Vineyards and in Germany with the Brand Brothers. In 2021, she founded GNOSES, an epicurean experiment turned multidisciplinary creative studio.  Darby currently assists Kiki Goti, a NY-based designer and architect, and co-produces a monthly wine and poetry workshop she co-founded with The Poetry Society of New York called Wine Poetic.