Founding The Perfect Spot in 2007 sharing top recommends globally in food and drink, Virginia Miller is W. North America Academy Chair for The World's 50 Best Restaurants, regular columnist at The Bold Italic and Medium, Distiller Magazine, American Whiskey Magaazine, Whisky Magazine, VOICES, Liquor.com,Gin Magazine, Rum Magazine, etc. She held roles as Zagat SF/NorCal editor, SF Guardian restaurant critic, Table8 National Editor/VP of Content. Published in over 60 international publications, she’s covered global dining, travel, spirits, cocktails, hotels and bars with regular columns at Time Out, Where Traveler, Google’s Touringbird, Food Republic, Thrillist, Travelux, to name a few.

She consults in dining, spirits, cocktails, drink, co-creating Avion’s Reserva Cristalino tequila for Pernod Ricard and now working on advanced agave spirits projects in Mexico, creating drink menus for Michelin-starred restaurants (like Dominique Crenn’s Golden Poppy in Paris) and honing food and drink menus. Virginia judges in many international dining, food, spirits, cocktails and bars competitions and awards (including SF World Spirits, ADI Craft Distilling, Tales of the Cocktail, Good Food Awards, IWSC in London, Nola Spirits Comp, Whiskies of the World, etc.) and has visited over 13,000 restaurants and even more. top bars around the world.