Tesauro lives in the historic Church Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia with his wife Amy Lee and their five children.

He is represented by Kimberly Cameron & Associates Literary Agency.

Numbers you wouldn't have figured about Tesauro
37:10, best 10k time
10, number of states he's lived in
20, number of countries he’s visited
3, # of podium finishes in VA-WV Croquet Championships
5th, 2024 Culpeper Olympic Distance Triathlon age-group place
D406,280, U.S. Design Patent # for an elliptical backgammon board

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After earning his BA from Drew University, Tesauro pursued a wine education and affection for Nebbiolo. By day, he served for over two decades under winemaker Luca Paschina at Barboursville Vineyards to spread the word of Virginia wine and local bounty. By night, Tesauro co-authored with Phineas Mollod The MODERN GENTLEMAN: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy & Vice (2002), The MODERN LOVER: A Playbook for Suitors, Spouses & Ringless Carousers (2004), and The MODERN GENTLEMAN Second Edition (2011).

A current or past contributor to The New York Times, Esquire, Poetry, Travel+Leisure, Decanter, The Washington Post. Tasting Panel, The Somm Journal, Men's Health, Maxim, Match.com, and Men's Journal, earning national magazine awards in 2010 and 2012. He’s also penned lifestyle columns regionally for Washingtonian, The Sunday Paper (Atlanta), Richmond Magazine and Virginia Living. In 2016, he was named to Best Food Writing 2016 for his Travel + Leisure feature: Bo Bech Discovers the Bounty of Virginia.

Things you mightn't have guessed about Tesauro
Once paid his rent with backgammon winnings
Can moonwalk pretty well in socks on a hardwood floor
Knows all of the words to Johnny Cash's A Boy Named Sue
Digs a Monkey Gland Cocktail but always forgets what's in it Gatecrashed Super Bowl XLI, the one when Prince played halftime