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Virginia Miller

Food/Drink,Travel Writer, Editor

Founding The Perfect Spot in 2007 sharing top recommends and places globally in food and drink, Virginia Miller is also the W. North America Academy Chair for World's 50 Best Restaurants, U.S. Editor at The Local Tongue, columnist at The Bold Italic (Medium), columnist at Distiller Magazine, and has been full time Zagat SF editor, SF Guardian restaurant critic and Table8 National Editor/VP of Content.
Published in over 60 international publications, she covers global dining, travel, spirits, cocktails and bars in columns and articles at Gin Magazine, Rum Magazine, Liquor.com, Time Out, Distiller Magazine, Where Traveler, Google’s Touringbird, Food Republic, Thrillist, to name a few.

She consults in spirits, cocktails, drink and dining, including co-creating Avion’s Reserva Cristalino tequila in Mexico for Pernod Ricard over two years. She judges in many dining, food, spirits, cocktails, drink and bars competitions and international awards panels (including The World’s 50 Best, SF World Spirits, ADI Craft Distilling, Tales of the Cocktail, Good Food Awards, IWSC in London, Whiskies of the World, etc.) and has visited over 12,000 restaurants and even more bars around the world.

Meet our Judges

Kapri Robinson

US Bartender of the year 2024, Netflix Drinks Master's and Bartender of The Year 2023 at Liquor.com

Kiki Avalos

USBG World Class 2024 Top 30 || 2024 Tastemaker of the Year