Bob Ecker is a professional travel/wine writer covering destination travel, wine, cruises, cuisine and restaurants, and more. His work has been appeared in Decanter Magazine, Wine Business Monthly, Toronto Globe & Mail, Los Angeles Times, WINE (Sweden), Sydney Morning Herald, AAA Traveler, among others. He is a long-time wine judge at various competitions and in 2013, founded the Rosé Competition, the first American wine competition dedicated to fine Rosé wines. Ecker lives in Northern California with his wife, Colleen.