WRITER, PHOTOGRAPHER & WINE EXPERT 
Vinka Danitza Woldarsky is a Chilean‑Canadian writer, photographer and multilingual communications professional based in France. With a background in international relations, sustainable tourism, and the WSET Diploma in Wines, she writes for international wine and food publications.
Drawing on her Mapuche heritage, she explores themes of heritage, labour, gender and our emotional connection to land and the cultural practices that flow from it.
Vinka has consulted for wine and tourism associations in Spain and Portugal, lectured at universities including University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) and Rovira i Virgili University (Spain), and was a research fellow at Fondazione Santagata for the Economics of Culture in Turin, Italy (2022).
Her photograph A Day’s Work was shortlisted for the World Food Photography Awards (Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year 2019). Her wine writing was longlisted for the 67 Pall Mall Wine Awards in 2024, and her Spanish-language essay Anatomía de una ostra (francesa) was selected for the anthology Escribir Gastronomía which highlights the best food writing in Spanish media in 2024, published by Col&Col Ediciones.
She currently lives in Bordeaux, France with her family.
Available for commissions and consultancy, please get in touch.
Career highlightsIn 2015, I took a leap of faith and moved to Porto, Portugal to pursue my budding passion for all things wine. In hindsight, it was rather foolish—having no contacts or connections in the industry, and embarrassingly little knowledge about the drink itself—but somehow, things worked out. A year later, I was a awarded a scholarship to complete an Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Degree in Wine Tourism Innovation from the University Rovira i Virgili (Spain), University of Bordeaux (France) and University of Porto (Portugal), which I completed in 2018. In June 2021, I successfully passed the final tasting exam, earning the prestigious WSET Diploma in Wines.
Presenter at:
Oenoviti International Symposium, May 2023, University of Yamanashi, Japan
Primer Encuentro de Enoturismo, July 2022, Canary Wine Route , Tenerife, Spain
VI Encuentro de AgroEnoturismo de Canarias, November 2021, University of La Laguna , La Gomera, Spain
Jornadas de Enoturismo, GDR Ribeira Sacra Courel, November 2021, Galicia, Spain
Jornadas Federales de Calidad y Formación, November 2021, Ministry of Tourism Argentina
I Foro de Innovación y Sostenibilidad Enoturística, November 2021, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Enoturismo Sostenible e Innovador, March 2020, University Menéndez Pelayo Valencia, Spain
International Organization of Vine and Wine, July 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
ViniPortugal/Wines of Portugal Forum, December 2018, Coimbra, Portugal
International Organization of Vine and Wine, November 2018, Punta del Este, Uruguay