About the Sip Tripper

Charlene Peters, a.k.a. the Sip Tripper, is a strategic storyteller, destination and wellness marketing specialist, food and wine, wellness, and travel writer, and international wine judge.

Her decades of experience have helped to refine her craft in travel, wine, and lifestyle storytelling. At her core, she’s driven by a need to connect to people, places, and meaning. Her travel and wine stories are not solely about destinations or wine; they’re about sharing depth in every experience. This reflects in how she writes and thinks.

Education/Tasting Events

Having studied at The American University of Paris and living in Napa Valley for 6 years, Charlene now resides on the North Shore of Boston, where she blends international sophistication with deep local understanding… perfect for travel and lifestyle storytelling.

Sip Tripper Wine Education incorporates Charlene’s certification as a WSET Level 2 specialist and her wine studies around the world add depth and shared experiences to her ability to weave stories into each bottle opened. She offers small group wine tasting events to impart her love of wines from around the world.

To book the Sip Tripper for your next event, email siptripper@gmail.com with a request for more information and date(s) of interest. Each event runs approximately 2-3 hours and includes tastes of at least 4 global wine labels. If you have a preference for a particular category, such as “all Italian,” “bubbles around the world” or “Pinot Noirs” — or if you simply want a mixed bag, the Sip Tripper will take requests. Booking availability for 5-7 people per group, on average, but will consider larger groups.

Consulting

Interested in hiring the Sip Tripper to shop for your wine cellar? Looking to host a dinner party and want to get an impartial wine-pairing for the menu? Email SipTripper@gmail.com with your inquiry. She would love to help you make the most of your dinner party!

Wine Travel Curation

Charlene has credibility in hospitality, higher education, and luxury lifestyle sectors. This experience is a platform for thought leadership: from speaking engagements to authored guides.

She helps brands, destinations, and institutions shape narratives that resonate, and she does so by blending emotional intelligence with strategic clarity. With a background spanning travel journalism, luxury wellness, and higher education and destination marketing, she brings depth, elegance, and purpose to every story told and every campaign led.

Whether guiding readers through the vineyards of Bordeaux or through Paso Robles, California, she will connect ideas, people, and places. In fact, after years of leading communications and marketing strategy for destinations and in higher ed, coupled with a lifetime writing about wine, travel, and wellness, I’m offering:

Story-driven travel and wine content rooted in authenticity and elegance
Wellness-forward lifestyle experiences for midlife women seeking mindful reinvention
Strategic storytelling consulting for destinations, brands, and institutions that need clarity and connection in their messaging.

I’m especially interested in working with wellness resorts, European tourism boards, and lifestyle brands that want to elevate their presence with a refined, soulful voice.