Unlock the Secrets of Sonoma with Tom Capo!

April 3, 2025
by RJ Hamster

Tom Capo started as the sommelier for Cindy Wolf’s Charleston in Baltimore, Maryland, where he studied under Tony Foreman. After moving to the San Francisco Bay Area, he worked across the industry from smaller wineries and wine bars to national retailers and producers including Treasury Wine Estates.

From Broker to Dad to Bottles Again

In 2012, Capo founded Marathon Wine Brokers, which sought to carve out space for smaller, family-owned producers as well as fledgling importers that represented grower-vignerons. He became a freelance writer, editor and stay-at-home dad, and then pivoted back into the wine space as a sales and hospitality associate at Idlewild Wines and Ciao Bruto!

Family, Fur, and Fermented Fruit

Tom has been a resident of Sonoma County since 2019, where he lives on a small apple orchard with his wife Allison, daughter Liliana and a dog named Ziggy Stardust. He reviews and covers Sonoma County, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Louisiana for Wine Enthusiast.

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