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20-05-2013
IN terms of quality, American wines have come out top in the International Wine and Spirit Competition’s (IWSC) northern hemisphere results, knocking France into second place.
08-04-2013
World-renowned whisky and spirits expert Dave Broom accepted the IWSC's title Communicator of the Year 2013
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A specialist winemaker since 2010; Giuseppe currently works in two wineries. ....
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Arno Pauli is an avid distiller and brewer from Tyrol (Austria) ....
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Davide is Maître Sommelier of the "Le Jardin de Russie Restaurant” ....
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Julian read Natural Sciences at Cambridge but spent most of his time enjoying life and drinking wine. ....
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Jenna Chevigny is passionate about food and wine. With over 10 years in the business she has become a well known wine professional in t ....
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Michael has spent the better part of his life immersed in the wine industry.
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Chris has worked in the Food & Drink industry for over 30 years but qualified in wine relatively recently with the WSET Diploma. ....
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Founded Crystal Palace Vintners 35 years ago, currenty still owner and buyer. ....
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Klaus Wurm is owner and master distiller of the „Maerkische Spezialitaetenbrennerei“ in Hagen, Germany. ....
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Linda Schmitt is a wine education professional with an extensive business and marketing background. ....
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Certified Sommelier; founder of wine edutainment company and key note wine speaker for fortune 500 companies; wine instructor at culina ....
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Founder and Member of the Board of Directors of The Sommelier Association of California and Former Vice President of The Sommelie ....
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James King, the Texas Wine School ....
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Barry has been involved in every aspect of wine all his life, Vineyardist, Winery owner, Wine Maker, wine sales inc, wholesaler, retail ....
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Dr Bill Lumsden is Director of Distilling, Whisky Creation & Whisky Stocks for The Glenmorangie Company; a role in which he is resp ....
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Deborah Parker Wong, AIWS is Northern California editor for The Tasting Panel magazine where she reports on the global wine and spirits ....
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Mark Chandler is a 30 year veteran of the wine business and currently consults in wine marketing and association management. ....
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Amy Mumma is the Founder and Director of the Central Washington University (CWU) Institute of Wine, Beverages and Gastronomy. ....
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Sommelier Charlie Arturaola is legendary in culinary and oenological circles.
A charismatic wine expert, Charlie approaches his life& ....
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For Claudia Schug Schuetz, the wine business is an international family affair! ....
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Heather is a freelance wine educator, writer and event organiser based in Surrey. ....
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Is the founder and Principal of the European Wine Academy (www.europeanwineacademy.org). ....
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William “Bill” Traverso is a wine retail consultant, and professional wine judge with over thirty-five years of experience. ....
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David Cowderoy is a consultant winemaker operating throughout the globe. ....
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Tim Triptree joined Christie’s London Wine department in 2005 after graduating with a Distinction in the Wine Business Mana ....
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Currently: Export Director and Master Blender of Angus Dundee Distillers PLC. Selector of “Mackillop’s Choice” ....
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John began his winemaking career at Petaluma winery in the late 70's whilst reading Geology at Adelaide University. ....
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Anne Jones is a drinks expert with responsibility for managing all media and publications for Wines, Beers and Spirits at Waitros ....
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Bill Rolfe was Marketing director at Unwins Wine Merchants before moving over to the other side of the industry and heading up the mark ....
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Joel Harrison is a drinks writer, commentator and strategic & creative consultant to the Scotch whisky industry, who aims to ....
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As a freelance Wine Educator, Brand Ambassador, and Project Manager she has a colourful patchwork life that she enjoys every sing ....
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The making (and drinking) of wine has been a serious private interest of Karen's for many years ....
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Micky Chan is an independent wine educator, connoisseur and consultant in the wine industry. ....
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Lucie has 10 years experience working in wine in both the on and off trade dealing with all quality levels of wine and also selling to ....
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Panzuto graduated in 1996 from the Hotel and Restaurant Management Institute (Instituto Profesionale Alberghiero di Stato) in his ....
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27-year-old Mariano Braga is one of the most important Argentinean sommeliers. ....
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Mike Harrison is the Head Sommelier at one of the Hotel du Vins, he has been in the wine trade for 32 years, and is a well seasoned Int ....
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John Barrett MD of Bristol Spirits Limited has judged for the IWSC for the last 15+ years specializing in Cognac and Rum. ....
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Paulo Brammer began his career in London beverage trade 10 years ago at Bank Aldwych and Just Saint James as head of bars. ....
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Katherine is a 2nd year Master of Wine Candidate who holds the WSET Diploma, is a Certified Specialist of Wine with the Society o ....
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Swedish Master Blender Thomas Kuuttanen is specializing in craft distillation and small batch blending producing a variety of spirits i ....
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Chris has been making wine in Australia for 38 years, the last 16 as Chief Winemaker for Wolf Blass. ....
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Early days of a life with wine were spent in the family restaurant and specialist wine merchant business. ....
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Laura began her career in the trade at Corney & Barrow before a love for food and wine matching soon took a hold. ....
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Marisa D’Vari is an international wine judge, fine wine writer, & educator in the MW program whose WSET Level 5 thesis ....
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Vineyard owner and winemaker in the UK since 1990, specialising in organic and natural winemaking, Will trained in Australia and has wo ....
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Winnie developed an interest in wine during her student days at Stellenbosch and later through frequent travels to international winegr ....
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Wine Maestro Brett Jones has spent over forty years learning about, working with, teaching others about, and – naturally – ....
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Dave joined Waitrose in 1984 and has enjoyed an extremely diverse career with John Lewis Partnership to date. ....
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Born in Milan in 1966, Bruno Petronilli is a food and wine journalist since 1992. ....
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Jenny has been a full judge at IWSC since 2012, after winning IWSC Associate Judge of the Year in 2011. ....
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Neil Ridley, 37, is one of the UK’s new breed of passionate whisky writers and consultants to the drinks business. ....
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Jennifer has been working in the food and beverage industries for over 20 years. ....
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Vili Galabova is among the most experienced Bulgarian wine experts. She is co-founders and is CEO of the Bulgarian Wine Academy. ....
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Chris Horridge has been working in the Wine industry since 1995 and been judging at the IWSC since 1997. ....
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Anne Krebiehl is a freelance wine writer, educator and also a judge at international wine competitions. ....
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Steve Beal, of San Francisco, is the senior brand educator for the whisky portfolio of Diageo North America. ....
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Rachel Nico Halpren is co-founder of Drinkoftheweek.com, one of the first websites dedicated to spirits and cocktails. ....
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Marc Kauffman became interested in wine during his college days when he spent a year studying at the University of Bordeaux. ....
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Vladimir fell in love with wine when he came to Cape Town in 1992. He was captivated by the aura and mystique of the wine culture, whic ....
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Louis Lee has been Wine Educator for WSET L1 - L3 since 2003. He is an associate member of the Institute of Wine & Spirit and offic ....
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She consults, helps with corporate functions, writes articles, judges at the IWSC, and is a CWA lecturer. ....
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Matias is one a of the young leading talents on Argentinian wine industry. He is cook and sommelier, and is finishing the WSET Diploma. ....
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Peter Marks, Vice President of Education for Constellation Wines US, is responsible for all wine education programs at CWUS and manages ....
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An ex-teacher, professional football scout and restaurateur Colin has been involved with the wine trade in various different capacities ....
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Bowery still loves the ever-humbling sport of blind tasting and is a regular participant at the annual California Wine Tasting Champion ....
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Moonsong Bang is a qualified wine educator and connoisseur who has worked in the wine retail business for 10 years. ....
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Being half-French, food and wine always played a central part in Alex’s upbringing; especially at the regular family get-together ....
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Gillian Ballance is wine director of the San Francisco—based PlumpJack Group, which operates seven restaurants, including PlumpJa ....
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Warren was born in Chicago, Illinois. A true pioneer of Napa, Warren Winiarski arrived in the valley in 1964 set on becoming a winemake ....
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A resident of Hong Kong for nearly 25 years, Debra Meiburg MW is a celebrated wine journalist, TV personality, wine educator and in-dem ....
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Luciana Lynch: in the wine trade since 1966; director of major UK companies, writer and educator, and then managed her own importing, s ....
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Ulrich is a winemaker with 15 years international experience having worked in England, Germany, Spain, France and California. ....
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IWSC Judge for over 20 years with winemaking experience covering Australia, New Zealand, France, Italy, Chile and Argentina. Currently ....
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Michael A. Schaefer, CSW, CWE is the Senior Wine Educator for Approach Guides Wine. Michael, a graduate of the University of Oregon, ho ....
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Studied Enology and Viticulture, lectured at Elsenburg College of Agriculture and simultaneously studied further for my Masters Degree ....
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Jaclyn Stuart, co-author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Wine & Food Pairing, is a certified sommelier with accreditati ....
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Rebecca's passion for wine evolved from her graduate studies in anthropology and a fascination with material culture. She is drawn to w ....
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Francois qualified and then practised as a pharmacist for 18 years in his home town of Pretoria, before making the break to Stellenbosc ....
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With more than 40 years involvement in the industry he can be regarded as one of the stalwarts of the South African wine industry. ....
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Brenda was born and raised on a farm in Keimoes, Northern Cape, South Africa. She had always been interested in grapes and the growing ....
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Charles Hopkins is the inaugural winemaker and one of South Africa’s most highly regarded winemakers both in the country and abro ....
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Certified Advanced Sommelier Jesse Rodriguez oversees The Grand Del Mar’s exciting wine collections and programs for its five din ....
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Nederburg cellarmaster since 2001, Razvan Macici was born in Romania and raised in a family of winemakers. He holds a masters degree in ....
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Tucked away in the heart of the beautiful Devon Valley just outside Stellenbosch, winemaker Elunda Basson, masterly creates the sparkli ....
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As Owner/Winemaker at El Molino, Lily does a little bit of everything from winemaking to sales in partnership with her South African hu ....
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Michael Flynn was named Wine and Beverage Director at the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek in September of 2007. Formerly, he served as ....
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With experience in many of the world’s finest wine growing regions including Champagne, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and ....
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Soon after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, Jack Whitaker joined the finance department of brewers Charrington & Co, the start ....
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Richard Rowe joined leading South African alcoholic beverage producer, KWV, as chief winemaker in October 2008. ....
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Andy has been a judge with the IWSC for the past 7 years. Initially Andy worked as a wine merchant and importer in the UK and France fo ....
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Sally’s business encompasses a portfolio of activities focused on wine industry consultancy, trade and consumer education, includ ....
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My interest in wine was first sparked over 25 years ago by a holiday in Burgundy. Burgundy will always be my first love but naturally I ....
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Heralding from a background of keen gastronomes, Emma’s first taste of wine was at the tender age of 3 (mixed with water of cours ....
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Kevin Erskine is the creator of The Scotch Blog one of the most highly regarded whisky social media sites. ....
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Australian born Chris Unger is based in London UK and is employed by Negociants UK the Australian owned agent for Yalumba Wines, Hill S ....
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An authority on the Canadian wine market and wines, Janet Dorozynski has been studying about and working in and with the global wine in ....
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Distiller Halvor Heuch started his business as the only legal distiller in 1985. There is hardly anyone who has more knowledge about th ....
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Together with my Brother I operate a small distillery in Austria. Distilling for me is only a sideline but I try to catch the whole fla ....
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Monica has been in the trade since 2004 where she spent her first four years on the analytical and technical side of wines and spirits ....
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Self-employed Wine Consultant. London, UK and France. ....
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As the Director of Rémy Martin Estates & Oenology, Vincent Géré is ultimately responsible for all the cognacs ....
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As a 13 year-old adolescent I helped myself to my father’s wine cellar - mostly Samos nectars - to entertain my friends. During m ....
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I have been a lay judge at the IWSC since 2007. It is a joy and privilege to work with such a diverse group of wine industry figures. I ....
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Colin started in the wine trade some 25 years ago, initally in retail with the family business, Hynard Hughes in Leicester, then into w ....
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Throughout both a worldwide corporate career in industry followed by a successful entrepreneurial career in property, Adam has focussed ....
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Lindsay has for over 15 years been a wine educator and presenter, for the wine trade, educational bodies, consumers and corporate clien ....
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Dr. Binod K Maitin is Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Technical Centre with United Spirits Limited, India. He has spent mor ....
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Monica holds the WSET Diploma since 1988 and although she passed the theory part of the MW in 1991, she never converted to a full pass ....
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Louise-Ann Grinstead's wine history spans 25 years as a South African Wine Educator, Wine Judge and Consultant and she is best known fo ....
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Laura graduated in and then spent several years gaining the qualifications needed to progress in a hospital career. She was appointed ....
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Ann Samuelsen is a wine journalist, educator and an international judge. She writes for the Norwegian trade magazine APERITIF, which go ....
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Ronald has been tasting, advising on and selecting wines for many years. He has judged for the IWSC since 1997. ....
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Bernhard started his career in the Drinks business back in 1985. From then on, he was specialised in selling Spirits and started giving ....
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Linda Simpson was a successful futures and options trader in the City when her passion for wine blossomed. ....
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Martine Nouet, Food and Spirits Writer, has a passion for all spirits and especially whisky. Born in Normandy, lives on Islay. ....
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Since leaving the Press department of the French Embassy, Lilyane has been involved in the wine trade for over forty years, first as a ....
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John Freeland has been a lay judge since 1997. He gained a Ph.D. in high energy physics and went into the computer industry. ....
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My father had a small farm with orchards and a small fruit brandy production. So I´ve been in contact with fruit brandies since I ....
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A member of the Waitrose Wines department from 1986-2006,specialising in Spirits,Port,Sherry and Liqueurs. Head of department from 2003 ....
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Johan is the Primary Production Director at Distell. He is responsible for farms; wine, spirit (brandy, whisky and liqueurs) and other ....
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Vivienne has been a wine educator for the last 12 years. She runs WSET Courses for the Trade, and Consumer Courses and Tastings for Asp ....
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Having spent more than 25 years ‘in wine’, not literally! in varying roles, including as a buyer with Waitrose and Victoria ....
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Sam has sat on the spirit judging panel of The International Wine and Spirits Competition since 2007. ....
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After a lifelong love affair with wine Colin decided to apply some structure to his wine knowledge by sitting the WSET’s range of ....
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Nick Room graduated from Bath University in 1981 with 2:1 Honours in Business Management. He has worked for four years with J Sainsbury ....
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Matthew started as a van driver in a wine shop in 1982 and since then he has worked in wine companies large and small in various capaci ....
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Ben has been in the wine trade for 17 years, after a spate at Oddbins, he worked for two years with the Symington’s in Oporto and ....
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A winemaker for over 25 years, Keith is currently the VP, Winemaking for Vincor International, Canada’s most award-winning wine c ....
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Matt Walls started his career at St Martin Vintners, a small independent merchant in Brighton.
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Stuart Gilbert is a Sydney born and based 1984 Olympic Yachtsman, 8 times World Champion Windsurfer and rum enthusiast who has travel ....
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Wine journalist, author and judge, Jo Burzynska is one of New Zealand’s leading wine writers, penning one of the most widely read ....
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Angela Mount is best known for her role as head of wine for Somerfield supermarkets, which she left 4 years ago, to set up her own cons ....
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Ian Naudé’s winemaking career was a matter of happenstance. His father’s dairy farm included some vineyards, and to ....
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Robert started trading as an importer of Italian wines in 1974 under the name Imports from Tuscany. Clients included Oddbins, The Wine ....
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I have been involved in wines since 1996 and have held many positions in wine including Buyer, Wine Development Manager, Wine Educator ....
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Kate Webber is the wine director for the Webber Restaurant Group in Massachusetts, which includes the Gibbet Hill Grill, The Barn at Gi ....
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In 1982, Laurent graduated as an Oenologist from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie de Montpellier. From 1982 to 1 ....
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Harriet Fear Davies became an IWSC judge as a result of winning the IWSC/Waitrose Wine Scholarship for excelling in the Wine and Spirit ....
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Ginny Malan has been in the wine industry for almost 7 years. She is predominantly a wine tutor and events manager and runs several win ....
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Steve has been involved with the IWSC since completing the IWSC diploma in 2003. He is a lay judge and part time wine educator passiona ....
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Born in Cognac City and Master Blender for Cognac Frapin Grande Champagne 1er Cru since 1987 and run all over the world as an ambassado ....
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Peter started in the trade in his teens, working in the cellars at Royal Ascot. He has since worked in the Spirits,Brewing and Wines se ....
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Angela Reddin has been involved in the wine trade since 1996. ....
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Starting in the wines but later moved on to the stronger stuff to get a Bachelor degree in spirits: Liquorist. ....
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Born in Ayr on the west coast of Scotland in 1945, David Stewart started work at William Grant & Sons as an apprentice in 1962, the ....
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Having started with Mark McCormack (at IFM), Deborah Collinson moved on to conceive, edit and produce London's first free property news ....
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Joined Direct Wines in 1997, having been in the wine business full time since 1984. Picked up the wine bug after picking grapes in Cogn ....
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Jukka has been involved with wine for the whole of his career, over 25 years. At the day time job Jukka is working as an Key Account Ma ....
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Paul joined the wine trade in 2001. He was awarded the WSET Champagne Scholarship in 2006 on his way to completing the WSET Diploma. ....
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Neil's an experienced wine educator. He has provided tailor-made training programmes, courses & tastings for the wine trade, hospit ....
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David Nathan-Maister is the CEO of Oxygenee Ltd, a UK-based company operating in the field of absinthe, and rare and vintage spirits (p ....
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As well as buying for the Harvey Nichol’s operation, Ivan is also involved in writing, wine education , training, public events, ....
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Ian MacMillan, Master Blender with Burn Stewart Distillers Ltd has worked in the Whisky Industry for almost 40 years. ....
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38 years in the industry including 31 years as head of beers wines and spirits at Sainsburys. Received the IWSC award of "biggest ....
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Hugo Read is a wine writer and educator. He’s also the owner of the Italian wine specialist supplier, Viavino. He grew up in a ....
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Gerard works has over 20 years experience in liquors business. He worked for Marie Brizard Bordeaux, and is General Manager of Vedrenne ....
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Introduced to spirits and distillation at early age from his father in his own distillery, the love of fine spirits was virtually in t ....
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Master Blender at Mackmyra Svensk Whisky, Sweden ....
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One of only 280 Masters of Wine in the world, Vintners Scholar, Conseiller d’Honneur to the Commanderie de Bordeaux and a forme ....
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Richard Paterson is one of the world's best-known Master Blenders, having travelled the globe extensively as an ambassador.
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Dr Jim Beveridge has over 25 years experience in the Scotch Whisky industry, covering the science and technolgy of new-make production ....
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Anthony Foster has been in the Wine trade for over forty years. In 1974, he became a Master of Wine, passing the most arduous four day ....
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Distiller; winemaker; wine auctioneer; international wine and spirit judge; writer on drink and allied subjects.,Dave Hughes has had a ....
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David has been involved with wine for the whole of his career. David joined the Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) as Head of Educ ....
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