Beverly Kjeldsen has an MA in art history and taught art and art history at Ursuline High School for 18 years. She also taught art for teachers at Santa Rosa Junior College and was art consultant for Santa Rosa City Schools. Currently Bev is the illustrator for a wine and food magazine, Steppin'Out.  This painting is centered in the Filsina winery in the town of Castlenuova near Sienna.