She is a contributing editor at SevenFifty Daily and the executive producer and the host of a James Beard-award-winning food and beverage podcast, The Four Top.
She has studied with the International Sommelier Guild and has taught journalism classes at Portland State University.
[8] Cole was named one of the year's 75 most influential "people, places and flavors that will shape the way you drink in 2014," in the January/February 2014 issue of Imbibe magazine.
[12] Voodoo Vintners explores the history of biodynamic winegrowing and includes a chapter which addresses criticism of the movement.
According to Cole, she started working on the book when she noticed that: “quality rosé sales were up 60% while the rest of the table wine market was growing at less than 5% in the United States.