Lettie Teague was born in Indiana, and during her childhood lived in various places in Ohio and North Carolina.
After studying English at Kenyon College, she held various wine-related jobs in retail, restaurants, wholesale sales, and marketing until becoming a public relations executive specializing in wine.
[2] She remained with the magazine until American Express Publishing announced a reduction in staff in 2009, and Teague went on to write a blog for eRobertParker.com, online site of Robert Parker, for a brief period.
In April 2010, three months after the departure of Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher, she was announced as a wine columnist of The Wall Street Journal, along with Jay McInerney and Will Lyons.
[9][10] Teague has described engaging competitive "guess that wine" blind tasting games with then husband, GQ food critic Alan Richman.