Carlo has more than 20 years of experience as a publishing executive. He is a nationally recognized as one of the top wine, beers, and spirits authors and publishers in the world. His authors include Kevin Zraly, Oz Clarke, Matt Kramer, Tom Stevenson, Clay Risen, James Meehan, Salvator Calabrese, Michael Jackson, Gary “Gaz” Reagan, Stephen Beaumont, Amanda Schuster, Kurt Maitland, and Richard Thomas, as well as Wine Spectator, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. His website, East Coast Wineries has more than 1.6 million page views. He is also the winner of the ASWA 2022 Birchenell Award for a lifetime promoting the East Coast beverage industry. He founded and owned the Hudson-Chatham Winery for 15 years, and made wine for two years at Unionville Vineyards in New Jersey. His wines have earned scores of 90+ from Wine Enthusiast, The Cork Report, and other media outlets. He has made collaboration projects with numerous distilleries and breweries. He has been a wine judge in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia.