While living in Italy for nearly a decade, Layne was legal counsel for Fendi in Rome, as well as a freelance travel writer. After relocating to Sonoma County, California, she dusted off her journalism degree to craft stories full-time as Roma to Sonoma. She’s led readers into the cellars and vineyards of hundreds of wine brands as a copywriter and contributor to publications including Wine Enthusiast, AFAR, Napa Valley Life, Haute Living San Francisco, and Decanter. Layne is a certified Napa Valley Wine Specialist pursuing WSET’s Level 3 certification, and in 2022 and 2023 the Napa Valley Vintners chose her to be a Fellow with the Wine Writers’ Symposium. Layne focuses on travel, wine and wellness, and dreams of places to add to the five continents and 51 countries she has explored.
