Our Team

Chris, our veteran E!FLX tour guide, is Mr. Hospitality. With over 5 years of touring and 10 years of fine dining expertise, and holding a WSET2 wine credential, expect him to provide fabulous insights about everything food and wine on all our tours. He is also an fabulous artist. Check out his work at Loomisart.

Samantha is a perfect match for Experience! The Finger Lakes. She holds a BS in Geology and is also a Sales Associate at Triphammer Wines and Spirits working towards her associates degree in wine marketing. As a result, you will see her guiding both our natural history tours of the gorges and our wine tours.

Emma is our full-time E!FLX tour guide and one of the most recognized faces in the Finger Lakes. She has been in the FLX wine industry for years both as Tasting Room Manager at Hector Wine Company and as a sales associate at the ultra hip Red Feet Wine Market in Ithaca. She also has years of experience in leading tours as a docent for Corning Museum of Glass. Emma has passed her Introductory Sommelier Course and is currently working towards her certification with the Court of Master Sommeliers.

Angela, enters her second year with Experience! The Finger Lakes.  Her love of wine, local food and teaching make her a natural tour guide.  In addition to our wine tours, Angela also guides our downtown history and culture tours.  She is a tenured professor of Political Science at Keuka College a former Transylvania teenage expat, and hip hop fanatic.

Antoinette, one of our newest tour guides this season, comes to us with a wealth of experience with Finger Lakes wine, having worked in the industry for over 10 years. She holds her WSET 2 credential and is excited to share her knowledge and love for our region with her guests.

As owner and President, Laura doesn’t tour as much as she used to, but you’ll find her stepping in periodically to host a special group or fill in for her awesome staff. Laura is a Certified Sommelier and Professor or Wine at Tompkins Cortland Community College, so get ready to learn a lot when she tours.

Rachel has been guiding with Experience! The Finger Lakes for over 6 years. Rachel’s experience in hospitality and wine service makes her a natural tour guide. When not touring, Rachel is a yoga instructor in Ithaca, and runs a Yoga programs in Ithaca, Costa Rica, and other fabulous destinations.  Learn more about her Yoga at Heart Thread Yoga.

Della has worked in the Finger Lakes wine industry in various roles since 2012, but it was a food and wine pairing class where she was truly bitten with the wine bug. When not out touring, you can find Della at Barnstormer Winery where she is the Assistant Tasting Room Manager, with her head in a wine book, trying to keep up with her wonderful and spirited daughter, or outside picking flowers.

Steph, while relocated to Switzerland, is our tour guide emeritus, and permanent member of the E!FLX family, and can at anytime show up back in the FLX for a pop-up tour or event.