ws_results([{"judgeID":13,"fn":"Amy","ln":"Albert","title":"Freelance Writer","location":"Washington, DC.","photo":"13.jpg","bio":"Amy Albert has been a food and wine journalist for over 20 years. She has written, edited, and photographed stories on myriad aspects of wine, harvest and the winemaking process, as well as articles on artisanal food crafting and growing, ingredients, cooking technique, seasonal produce, kitchen design, and travel. She spent years as a senior editor at Bon Appétit and before that, at Fine Cooking. Currently, Amy works as a freelance food and wine writer. She’s also editor of Custom Home magazine and design editor of Builder magazine, having made a recent jump from edibles to edifices.  \r\n\r\nAmy served as a press liaison at SOPEXA/Food \u0026 Wines From France and is certified as a Level One Master Sommelier. She started her food and wine career in top restaurants with a focus on staff training to make wine easier to describe and to pair with food. \r\n\r\nIn addition to The Dallas Morning News, Amy has judged the Los Angeles International Wine \u0026 Spirits Competition, Los Angeles International Olive Oil Competition, Central Coast Wine Competition, and the American Cheesemaker Awards. \r\n\r\nAmy graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with honors in art history. Off the clock, she loves to cook, read, walk, sing, play guitar, practice yoga, and surf. \r\n","website":"","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":661,"fn":"Troy","ln":"Bailey","title":"Favorite Brands","location":"Dallas, TX ","photo":"","bio":"","website":"wix.com/salute_hg/avante-beverages","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":150,"fn":"Bob","ln":"Betz MW","title":"Founder/Winemaker, Betz Family Winery","location":"Woodinville, WA","photo":"150.jpg","bio":"Bob Betz is founder/winemaker at Betz Family Winery, a company he and his wife established in 1997.  The path to starting their own winery began in the early 1970s when the two spent a year in the vineyards of Western Europe.  Upon return, Bob began his career with Ste. Michelle Wine Estates where he worked for 28 years.  During those 3 decades he worked in many capacities of the promising Washington wine industry and developed close relationships with vineyards and wineries, honing his skills in both areas.  Since its first vintage Betz Family Winery has used fruit from selected vineyards in Washington’s Columbia Valley, crafting a range of red wines from Rhone and Bordeaux varieties. \r\n\r\nWhile at Ste. Michelle Bob held positions in communications, education, quality management and production, retiring as Vice President of Winemaking Research. He played a key role in developing the international reputation of the state’s burgeoning wine industry, as well as developing quality initiatives for the company, and managing two international joint ventures, Col Solare (Marchesi Antinori) and Eroica (Dr. Loosen).  His work with the joint ventures, as well as with the company’s projects in Washington and California expanded his breadth and depth of winemaking experience.\r\n\r\nBob graduated from the University of Washington’s honors program in zoology; but his more applicable degree is that of Master of Wine, awarded by the Institute of Masters of Wine in London. His graduate dissertation focused on the interaction of wine and barrels during the maturation process. He received two additional awards in successfully completing the exams: the Villa Maria Award, for the highest scores on the viticultural exam, and the Robert Mondavi Award, for the highest overall scores in all theory exams. \r\n\r\n","website":"betzfamilywinery.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":1077,"fn":"Devon","ln":"Broglie, MS","title":"Master Sommelier and Associate Global Beverage Buyer, Whole Foods Market","location":"Austin, TX","photo":"1077.jpg","bio":"Devon became a Master Sommelier in 2011, making him one of 134 wine professionals in North America to hold the title. After having worked in restaurants and for a Priorat winery, he began buying wine for Whole Foods Market in 2001. Devon won the Texas’ Best Sommelier Competition in 2006 and serves on the board of the Wine and Food Foundation of Texas. He’s also served on the advisory council to the Texas wine industry for the Texas Department of Agriculture. He has been an emcee, panelist, guest speaker and contributor to numerous events and publications.","website":"wholefoodsmarket.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":1082,"fn":"Dilek","ln":"Caner MW PhD","title":"Director of Tasting World, Dallas Wine Center","location":"Dallas, TX","photo":"1082.jpg","bio":"Dilek Caner currently is the Director of Tasting World/Dallas Wine Center, an organization that educates the wine trade and the consumer since 2005. Prior to the formation of Tasting World, Dilek taught at other organizations such as Institute of Culinary Education and American Sommelier Association. Earlier in her career, she has worked at Wine \u0026 Spirits Magazine and has been a sommelière at Restaurants Bruno Jamais and Alain Ducasse. Dilek is a Master of Wine, a title which has been earned only by 312 people in the world to date. She also holds a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University.","website":"www.dallaswinecenter.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":640,"fn":"Christy","ln":"Canterbury MW","title":"Master of Wine","location":"New York, NY","photo":"640.jpg","bio":"I am a Master of Wine, journalist, speaker, judge and educator who lives between Manhattan and the vineyards of the world, primarily those of Europe. Today, I have 311 Master of Wine colleagues worldwide, of which 32 are US nationals and only 8 are US national women. Upon becoming a Master of Wine in 2011, I received the Villa Maria Award for Outstanding Performance in the Viticulture Examination.\r\n\r\nMy articles have been published in Decanter, Wine Enthusiast, Food Arts, Sommelier Journal, Snooth, Beverage Media, TimAtkin.com, Santé, TASTED and several different blogs. I am the Consulting Editor of the GOURMAND AWARD-winning  book, Rock and Vine, and the Italy Editor for the Professional Wine Reference.\r\n\r\nA frequent public speaker, my recent appearances have included VinExpo 2013, the European Wine Bloggers’ Conference in Izmir, the Hong Kong International Wine \u0026 Spirits Fair, the Women in Wine Leadership Symposium, TEXSOM and the Mediteraneo Festival in Belgrade among others. Contributing from a different angle, I am on the Advisory Board of the 2014 International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration.\r\n\r\nI judge wines at competitions around the world including International Wine Challenge, Decanter World Wine Awards, Ultimate Wine Challenge, Dallas Morning News/TEXSOM Wine Competition, Vinul.ro Premiile de Excelenta, Istanbul Masters of Wine Weekend and Balkans International Wine Competition. I review wines regularly for the flash-sale site Vitis, and I enjoy teaching consumers through New York’s SideTour, Astor Center and Brooklyn Winery.\r\n\r\nEmbarking upon my vinous career after a tour of the finance world that began in Dallas and ended in New York by way of Paris, I\u0027ve enjoyed many demanding positions in the wine industry. My financial background earned me positions as the National Wine Director for Smith \u0026 Wollensky Restaurant Group and the Corporate Beverage Director for Culinary Concepts by Jean-Georges, where I opened and managed the beverage components of restaurants from Istanbul and Doha to Vancouver and Bora Bora. Jim Lahey commissioned me to create the novel, screw-cap-only wine list for his Co. pizza concept, and I revamped the wine list at Gordon Ramsay at The London. At New York\u0027s Italian Wine Merchants, \r\nI worked first in business development then as a buyer introducing clients to great estates outside Italy. Not neglecting the non-profit side of the wine business, I spent a year in public relations for the grower-funded entity New Zealand Winegrowers.\r\n","website":"christycanterbury.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":56,"fn":"Alfonso","ln":"Cevola","title":"Corporate Director,  Imports \u0026 Social Media,  Glazer\u0027s","location":"Dallas, TX","photo":"56.jpg","bio":"Alfonso Cevola is a third generation Italian American. He was born in a vineyard in California, raised in and around his grandfather’s vineyard, where he had first exposure to the grape and the vine. Living in Italy as a youth gave Alfonso the opportunity to work in his Italian relative’s vineyards in the summer and during selected harvests. \r\n\r\nHe conducts educational training sessions for the wine trade throughout the Southwest and lectures on his current area of research, “Italian wine, Ancient and Modern,” in the United States and Italy. \r\n\r\nAlfonso currently offers his services to the Glazers Family of Companies as the Italian Wine Director. He is the  “ambassador” who translates the Italian experience, its importance and helps define, communicate and reinforce the Italian wine message, both inside the company and in the community. \r\n\r\nAlfonso is a Certified Specialist in Wine and a Special Contributor to the Dallas Morning News. \r\n\r\nHe  also makes a mean Eggplant Parmigiano\r\n","website":"www.glazers.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":152,"fn":"Rebecca","ln":"Chapa","title":"Wine Consultant, Tannin Management/Wine by the Class","location":"San Francisco, CA","photo":"152.jpg","bio":"Rebecca Chapa, is a Certified Wine Educator, Certified Sommelier and holds the Diploma Wine and Spirits from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust in London.  Chapa is Chairman of the Los Angeles International Spirits Competition.  Chapa is Beverage Manager for SF Chefs www.sfchefs.com and has taught wine classes for consumers with her own company, Wine by the Class since 2001.  Chapa is an adjunct instructor at the Culinary Institute of America teaching Tasting Terroir, Oregon and Washington Intensive and the Fortified and Dessert Wine Intensive.  She also teaches WSET classes.  Chapa’s blog www.rebeccachapa.com explores wine, spirits, travel and culture.  \r\nChapa launched Tannin ManagementSM in 1999, a San Francisco-based wine consulting firm whose clients include Wines of Chile, National Pork Board, Napa Valley Vintners. Previous clients have included Pacific Catch, Ribera del Duero, Constellation, Outpatient Surgery Magazine, Canyon Road Winery, Geyser Peak Winery, Heck Estates, Credit Suisse, Wines from Spain, Iluna Basque, Twenty-Four Restaurant, Cetrella, XYZ Restaurant at the W Hotel, Belon, Westin St. Francis Hotel, and Auberge Del Mar.  Rebecca has written freelance for Santé and wrote chapters on California wine regions for The Global Encyclopedia of Wine and on the California Wine Business for Greenwood Publishing\u0027s The Business of Wine.  \r\nShe hones her palate tasting as an international judge for competitions such as the Concurso Internacional de Vinhos Cidade de Porto (Portugal), the Los Angeles International Wine and Spirits Competition (formerly called the Los Angeles County Fair), San Francisco International Wine Competition, Dallas Morning News, National Women’s Wine Competition and San Diego International Wine Competition.  \r\nShe served as a member of the Board of Directors of theSociety of Wine Educators and was Co-Program Chair of their 2000 conference in San Jose.  Chapa judged Santé Magazine’s Restaurant Wine and Spirits Hospitality Awards in 2000 and 2009, and is a frequent judge for Sunset’s Wine Awards.  She has been a featured speaker for National Pork Board, Wagner College, New Orleans Wine and Food Experience, Restaurant Business\u0027 Menus 2001 Conference, Motto Kryla \u0026 Fisher\u0027s Wine Trends 2001 Luxury Seminar, World Wine Market, the Pacific Rim Wine Education Center, Crystal Cruises, Celebrity Cruises and the Wine Institute of California’s Wine by the Glass Program in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan. \r\nChapa has been featured on television on View from the Bay, in a satellite media tour for Canyon Road Winery, a pilot for Wine Country Living, as a guest reporter for Latin Eyes and Epicurious.com.  (see media clips at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtk3LBG1xes) As former ambassador for Rubicon Estate she travelled the United States fostering relationships with the top sommeliers in the country and gaining sales experience.\r\n","website":"www.rebeccachapa.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":118,"fn":"Charles Thomas","ln":"Curtis MW","title":"Founder, CurtisMW","location":"New York, NY","photo":"118.jpg","bio":"Charles Curtis MW is the founder of CurtisMW, a fine wine advisory serving private, trade and institutional clients with an interest in the market for fine and rare wine.  Former Head of Wine for Christie’s in both Asia and the Americas and a Certified Member of the Appraiser\u0027s Association of America, Mr. Curtis has a wealth of experience with the world’s most luxurious wine, and deep contacts with the collectors who love them and the people who sell them.\r\n\r\nCurtis joined Christie’s in 2008 from LVMH, where he had held the post of Director of Wine and Spirit Education for Moet Hennessy USA.  He has held a variety of posts in the wine trade over the years, and his professional career began as a chef who trained at the Cordon Bleu Paris, working in restaurants around the world.\r\n\r\nCurtis earned his Diploma from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust of London, and in October 2004 became the 22nd Master of Wine in the United States.  Through the years, he has garnered a number of honors, including the prestigious “Bourse André Crispin” in 2002, presented by the Commanderie de Bordeaux aux Etats-Unis, of which he is now a member, along with the Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne.  He is a member of the board of the Institute of Masters of Wine (North America) and continues to work on their behalf, speaking at their annual Education Seminar and helping to organize events such as the Institute’s Annual Champagne Tasting which he founded.  Curtis has been a guest lecturer at a number of universities, and is presently a guest professor at the University of Jinan Quancheng College in Penglai, China.\r\n\r\nWriting has also long been among Curtis’ interest.  He writes a regular column for the Chinese version of La Revue du Vin de France and other magazines, and has been a contributing editor to trade and consumer works on wine.  Curtis has worked as a wine consultant, wine and spirits judge, and featured speaker at dozens of wine and food festivals over the years.  He is the creator of wine tasting website www.CurtisMW.com and a blog www.WineAlpha.com.  In his free time, he loves to travel through Asia visiting culinary hot spots, museums, and sites of historic interest and natural beauty throughout the region.\r\n","website":"curtismw.com/","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":602,"fn":"Fred","ln":"Dame MS","title":"President, Guild of Sommeliers, and Vice-President of Prestige Accounts, American Wine \u0026 Spirits of California","location":"San Francisco, CA","photo":"602.jpg","bio":"Frederick L. Dame, Master Sommelier brings an impressive blend of experience, expertise and enthusiasm to the world of wine and cuisine.  He is the first American to have served as President of the Court of Master Sommeliers Worldwide and assists restaurateurs and hoteliers in developing their wine programs in his role as Vice-President of Prestige Accounts, American Wine \u0026 Spirits of California. He is currently the President of the Guild of Sommeliers Education Foundation.  He holds Honorary Professorships at Purdue University and The University of South Carolina.\r\n\r\nDame\u0027s ability to transmit his passionate interest in wine make him a natural teacher.  One of just seventy-three Americans to have passed the Master Sommelier Examination, Dame was the first to successfully pass all three parts in a single year.  This feat and his high score won him the coveted Krug Cup of the British Guild of Sommeliers in 1984.  Dame founded the American Branch of The Court of Master Sommeliers in 1986 and has played an active role in the expansion of the Master Sommelier program throughout America since that time.   \r\n\r\nAs Cellarmaster of The Sardine Factory in Monterey, California for twelve years, Dame created a wine list which won the Wine Spectator Grand Award.  With the many wine events held in the brick and wine lined Wine Cellar, Dame turned The Sardine Factory into a wine destination restaurant of world renown.  He is also active in the culinary arts serving as an Honorary Trustee of The American Academy of Chefs, the honor society of The American Culinary Federation. He was awarded the Antonin Careme Medal and was made a Supreme Knight of the Knights of the Vine in 2000.  He was elected to the prestigious National Restaurant Association College of Diplomates in 2004.   In 2006 he received Sante Magazine’s Wine Professional of the Year as well as Starwine’s Lifetime Achievement Award.  In 2010 he was elected to the American Academy of Chefs Hall of Fame.  \r\n\r\nA sixth generation Californian, Dame graduated from Washington and Lee University with a degree in journalism and communications.  A European trip after high school piqued his curiosity about wine and food.  Since then, he has applied his considerable persuasive skills to the service and appreciation of fine wine.\r\n","website":"","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":87,"fn":"Cole ","ln":"Danehower","title":"Co-Owner \u0026 Publisher, Northwest Palate Magazine","location":"Portland, OR","photo":"87.jpg","bio":"Cole has been writing about and professionally reviewing the wines of the Pacific Northwest since 1999. In 2004 he won a James Beard Foundation Journalism Award for his publication the Oregon Wine Report (which was also a featured SAVEUR Magazine \"Favorite 100\" culinary item). Since 2005 he has been co-owner and publisher of Northwest Palate magazine covering the food, wine, and culinary travel resources of the Pacific Northwest. \r\n\r\nIn 2010 his book Essential Wines and Wineries of the Pacific Northwest, A Guide to the Wine Countries of Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, and Idaho was published by Timber Press. Also in 2010 he was given the Industry Partner Award by the Oregon Wine Board for contributions to the Oregon wine industry. \r\n\r\nCole has twice been awarded scholarships to attend the Symposium for Professional Wine Writers at Meadowood. Cole is a frequent wine judge, including the Dallas Morning News Wine Competition, Sunset Magazine Wine Competition, Oregon State Wine Competition, Portland Indie Wine Festival, and others. Cole’s freelance writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Wines \u0026 Vines Magazine, The Oregonian, Eugene Register Guard, and other print and online publications.\r\n","website":"essentialnorthwestwines.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":35,"fn":"Fernando","ln":"de Luna, CWE","title":"Owner, Vintages 2.0","location":"San Antonio, TX","photo":"35.jpg","bio":"Woody de Luna been in the wine business in Texas since 1978 as a wine buyer, store owner, wholesaler, educator, competition judge, and author of Wine Gazette for seventeen years through early 2011.\r\n\r\nHe tastes through a wide range of wines to select those that offer character and sheer deliciousness. His credentials for being able to taste wine are attested to by being one of the handful of Americans who have passed the tasting portion of the MW exam (1999) and having his Certified Wine Educator credential (2009) from the Society of Wine Educators.\r\n\r\nWhy is his business called Vintages 2.0? He started the first Vintages, a full-service wine and spirits store, twenty-eight years ago with business partner Vance Rose in Austin, Texas. But in September 1983 there was no internet, web-sites, PCs or iMacs, smart phones, faxes, Quick Books, much less information clouds. In 2011 because of the tech-info revolution, he felt he could open a specialty wine retail business and operate out of a small office with an adjacent storage area and, so, hence the name Vintages 2.0","website":"vintages2.com/","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":601,"fn":"Laura","ln":"DePasquale MS","title":"General Manager, Artisanal Fine Wine \u0026 Spirits","location":"Miami, FL","photo":"601.jpg","bio":" Former Vice President/General Manager, Stacole Fine Wine, a division of the Country Vintner. First woman in the U.S. to head a major distributor in a major market. Active educator, examiner and speaker for the Court of Master Sommeliers – Americas. Laura is also an accomplished artist whose work has appeared at galleries in Philadelphia and New York.","website":"www.southernwine.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":1080,"fn":"Maureen","ln":"Downey DWS CWE","title":"Owner, Chai Consulting","location":"San Francisco, CA ","photo":"1080.jpg","bio":"Maureen Downey, DWS, CWE is the owner of Chai Consulting, a private wine collection management firm with offices in San Francisco and London, providing services to clients around the globe. After working in some of NYC’s top restaurants, she worked at brick-and-mortar wine auction houses as a fine \u0026 rare wine auction specialist, completing appraisals, inspecting tens of millions of dollars in inventories including authenticating old and rare bottles, and consulting on buying and selling to many of the world\u0027s top collectors for over six years.\r\n\r\nIn 2006, Maureen formed Chai Consulting where she and her team focus on the individual needs and interests of wine collectors. She is passionate about combating wine fraud as an internationally renowned expert in wine authentication and is actively working with collectors and authorities to prosecute counterfeiters and their vendors. She has recently been involved in the Bill Koch v. Greenberg and Charlie Trotter cases and has been critical to FBI investigations such as that of Rudy Kurniawan. She is also a recognized expert in fine and rare wine inventory management, appraisal, valuation and financial trends of global fine wine markets. She is frequently featured in international print and broadcast media, and is an active wine judge. In December 2012, Drinks Business listed Maureen as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in the World of Wine.\r\n","website":"www.chaiconsulting.com/","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":656,"fn":"Mike","ln":"Dunne","title":"Free Lance Writer, The Sacramento Bee, A Year In Wine and Finding Los Cabos ","location":"Sacramento, CA and San Jose del Cabo, Mexico","photo":"656.jpg","bio":"Mike Dunne, retired food editor, restaurant critic and wine columnist for The Sacramento Bee, continues to write of wine and travel from homes in Sacramento, California, and San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur. He contributes a weekly wine column to The Sacramento Bee, freelances to other publications, and tends two blogs, A Year In Wine (www.ayearinwine.com) and Finding Los Cabos (www.findingloscabos.blogspot.com). He judges at about a dozen wine competitions a year, from the large (Dallas) to the small (Fiddletown).","website":"ayearinwine.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":16,"fn":"Patrick","ln":"Farrell MW","title":"President, Inventive Technologies, Inc.","location":"Huntington Beach, CA","photo":"16.jpg","bio":"Patrick is a physician by training, board certified in ophthalmology and internal medicine. A long time member of the Society of Wine Educators, he\u0027s a certified wine educator and past conference, program and professional session chairman. A master of wine since 1998, Patrick\u0027s been involved with the Institute of Masters of Wine as a mentor and educator. He\u0027s judged wine competitions and presented educational seminars on several continents. He was a significant contributor to the Global Encyclopedia of Wine and is currently working on Dr. Farrells\u0027 Green Tea and Red Wine Diet. Patrick has recently designed a magnetic aerating wine pourer and is President of Inventive Technologies, Inc.. He\u0027s past Vice President of the Institute of Masters of Wine North America, Ltd. ","website":"","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":597,"fn":"Tim","ln":"Gaiser MS","title":"Director of Education, American Chapter, Court of Master Sommeliers Americas","location":"San Francisco, CA","photo":"597.jpg","bio":"Tim Gaiser is a nationally renowned wine expert and Master Sommelier. He is the former Director of Education for the American Chapter of the Court of Master Sommeliers Americas as well as an adjunct professor for the Rudd Center for Professional Wine Studies at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in Napa Valley.\r\n","website":"www.mastersommeliers.org","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":18,"fn":"Nick","ln":"Goldschmidt","title":"Winemaker, Goldschmidt Vineyards","location":"Healdsburg, CA","photo":"18.jpg","bio":"Nick Goldschmidt winemaker and  consultant \r\nFirst vintages and work status\r\nNew Zealand 83 - present, Australia 85 - present, Chile 89 - present, USA 89 - present, Argentina 93 - today, Italy 95 - 99 Portugal 95 - 99, Mexico 03 - 05, Spain 03 -  present\r\n\r\nEmployers\r\nSimi 1990 – 2003 (LVMH and Constellation)\r\nAllied Domecq 2003 – 2008 (AD and Jim Beam)\r\nGoldschmidt 2008 - present\r\n\r\nPast Lead winemaking roles for \r\nSimi, Blackstone, Ravenswood, Franciscan, Estancia, Clos Du Bois, Gary Farrell, Geyser Peak, Wild Horse , Atlas Peak, Callaway, Mumm Napa Valley, Buena Vista, Callaway, Spain - Ruffino, Ysios, Tarsus, Campo Viejo, Argentina - Graffigna, Balbi, Mumm Terrazas,  New Zealand - Stoneleigh, Brancott, Cloudy Bay, Mexico - Domecq Mexico, Portugal - Roses, Australia - Green point, \r\n\r\nConsults for\r\nErrazuriz, Arboleda, Sena, Chadwick, Calitera, Atlas Peak, Argento, Ehret Family, Blue Rock, GiaDomella, Don Sebastiani and sons, Columbia, Covey Run, Mission Hill, Finca Origion \r\n\r\nMore than 100 of his wines have received 90 pts and above from Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast and Robert Parker. 20 of his wines have been included in the Wine Spectator Top 100\r\n\r\nNick Goldschmidt winemaker today\r\nGoldschmidt \r\nGoldschmidt, Forefathers, Boulder Bank, Goldschmidt daughters, \r\nFive Gold Hands\r\nRendition, Pampano, Red Bone, Embankment, Estribo\r\nGold Mark\r\nChacrus, Yardstick, Bush House Bay, Fidelity\r\nOther\r\nTrig Point, NZ One, Paua Rock, Luna Rosa, Shoreline, Farmers Market\r\n\r\nFirst vintages\r\nForefathers 1998, Goldschmidt 1999\r\n\r\nAppellations\r\nAustralia – Forefathers\r\nArgentina – Pampano, Chacras, Forefathers, Luna Rosa\r\nNew Zealand – Forefathers, Boulder Bank, Shoreline, NZ one, Farmers Market, Paua Rock, Bush House Bay\r\nUSA  \r\nAlexander Valley – Forefathers, Goldschmidt, Goldschmidt Plus, Katherine Goldschmidt, Fidelity, Embankment, Trig Point, \r\nNapa -  Goldschmidt, Plus, Hilary Goldschmidt,  Yardstick, \r\nDry Creek  - Red Bone, Chelsea Goldschmidt\r\n","website":"www.goldschmidtvineyards.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":62,"fn":"Daryl","ln":"Groom","title":"Owner and Winemaker, Groom Wines","location":"Healdsburg, CA","photo":"62.jpg","bio":"Daryl Groom is an owner and he winemaker for Groom. He resides in the USA where he was, until recently, Vice President of Winemaking \u0026 Operations for Peak Wines International. Prior to this position, he was both Senior White Winemaker and then Senior Red Winemaker for Penfolds Wines in Australia. \r\n\r\nHis love was producing Penfolds famed red wine, Grange, which he oversaw from 1984 until his move to the USA in 1990. Daryl makes regular trips back to South Australia to oversee all winemaking operations for Groom to ensure the highest quality product.\r\n\r\nDaryl’s passion for wine sees him judging and 5 international wine shows. He has been a guest speaker on the Queen Mary 2 and Seabourne cruise lines. He has also been a repeat guest on E television in the USA.\r\n\r\nQuarterly Review of Wines – Winemaker of the Year\r\nSan Francisco Chronicle – Winemaker of the Year\r\nDallas Morning News – Publishers Award, Winemaker of the Year\r\nHouston Chronicle – Winemaker of the Year\r\nLos Angeles Times – Winemaker of the Year\r\nMead on Wine – Winemaker of the Year\r\nFood \u0026 Wine – One of 11 Visionaries to Change the World of Wine\r\nDallas – TV Munson Award for International Accomplishment\r\nIWSC – International Winemaker of the Year\r\n","website":"groomwines.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":52,"fn":"Margie Ferree","ln":"Jones Ph.D.","title":"Professor, The Collins College of Hospitality Management, Cal Poly Pomona","location":"Pomona, CA","photo":"52.jpg","bio":"Margie is a Professor at the Collins College of Hospitality Management at Cal Poly Pomona. She is a certified wine educator (CWE), a certified sommelier (CS) and the The WSET® Level 3 Award in Wines.  Margie has enjoyed judging at several international wine competition and is the steward to the Los Angeles International Wine Competition.  ","website":"","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":22,"fn":"Keith","ln":"Marton MD","title":"Owner, Marton Consulting","location":"Seattle, WA","photo":"22.jpg","bio":"Keith I. Marton, MD, is a seasoned internist and physician executive, but his friends and family know him as a wine geek. Whenever possible he has combined his love of medicine with his love of wine. In medical school his most frequent day trips were to the Napa valley wineries, where he began his education in all aspects of wine. \r\n\r\nOver the last 45 years he has done almost everything involving wine except make money. He  has been an avid winemaker and collector for 40 years, has regularly  led wine tastings  and has lectured extensively on the health effects of moderate wine consumption. He has been a leader  of several physician based  wine and health organizations and represented the US in an international organization (OIV) that develops standards for viticulture and winemaking. He has judged wine professionally for over  20 years and successfully passed the theory exam as a candidate the Master of Wine degree. ","website":"","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":1475,"fn":"Mary Margaret ","ln":"McCamic MW","title":"Sales Manager, Screaming Eagle","location":"Napa Valley, CA","photo":"1475.jpg","bio":"Mary Margaret is one of only 40 Masters of Wine residing in the United States, of whom only 14 are women. She became a Master of Wine in 2016 and was awarded both the Bollinger Medal as the top taster as well as the Outstanding Achievement Award as the overall top-scorer on all sections of the MW exam.\r\n\r\nIn addition to being a Master of Wine, Mary Margaret has worked on nearly every side of the wine business, with experience in restaurant, wholesale, retail, and direct to consumer wine sales in key U.S. markets, including New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area. These roles have allowed her to develop extensive experience in sales, marketing, teaching, and writing about wine. Among other positions, she has been the Cellar Master at New York City’s Balthazar as well as the Director of Retail Sales at North Berkeley Wine. She currently lives in Napa and is the Sales Manager at Screaming Eagle.\r\n\r\n Mary Margaret holds the WSET Diploma and was awarded the Wine Australia Scholarship as the top overall performer in 2011. She is also a WSET Certified Educator, and teaches regularly at Napa Valley Wine Academy. Prior to her work in the wine industry, Mary Margaret graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she earned B.A. in English and an M.A. in Teaching.\r\n","website":"www.marymargaretmw.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":149,"fn":"Sharron","ln":"McCarthy","title":"Vice President of Wine Education, Banfi Vintners","location":"Old Brookville, NY","photo":"149.jpg","bio":"Sharron McCarthy, VP of Wine Education at Banfi Vintners and Past President of the U.S. Society of Wine Educators, is a wine industry legend. Affectionately known as “America’s First Lady of Wine Ed,” Sharron has played an instrumental role in introducing Americans from all walks of life to a finer, more nuanced appreciation for the fruit of the vine.\r\n\r\nOver the past two decades, this lively, engaging, articulate woman has traveled the 50 states, sharing with others her boundless knowledge and enthusiasm for the joy of wine. From wine clubs and consumer groups, to law firms and Fortune 500 companies, to hospitality and grad students at some of America’s most prestigious centers of learning, to floor staff at wine stores and restaurants, in addition to frequent appearances on radio and TV, Sharron is in constant demand as one of the wine industry’s most popular and effective guest speakers.\r\n\r\nAt the heart of her success is a refreshingly unpretentious, progressive approach, firmly aimed at demystifying wine.\r\n\r\nBorn and raised in Long Island, NY, Sharron McCarthy’s wine business career began in 1978 when she joined the Consumer Affairs Department at Banfi Vintners, one of America’s premier names in imported fine wines. Her ability to master the intricacies of wine and communicate that knowledge to others swiftly became apparent. Within a short space of time she was promoted to Executive Director for Riunite wines, helping to create an array of innovative sales and marketing strategies that propelled Riunite into becoming America’s most popular wine.\r\n\r\nIn 1986, Sharron went on to form her own consulting agency. A partnership with the Italian Trade Commission in New York is widely credited with playing a pivotal part in advancing Italy to its current status as America’s leading source of imported wines. Sharron subsequently returned to Banfi Vintners in the mid-1990s, to pursue a new and -- in terms of the industry at the time – pioneering role focused exclusively on developing wine education.\r\n\r\nSharron served a three-year term as president of the Society of Wine Educators (SWE) from 2007-2010. With over 2,000 members, the Society is North America’s foremost source of wine education, offering workshops and seminars for industry professionals and consumers alike. SWE also confers two levels of professional credentials, the Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) and Certified Wine Educator (CWE). Both programs entail a rigorous course of study.  Sharron was elected Director Emeritus of SWE in 2012. \r\n\r\nSharron lives in South Carolina. Though a hectic travel schedule allows for little time for extra-curricular activities, she does enjoy cooking and entertaining with friends.\r\n","website":"www.banfivintners.com/","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":647,"fn":"Andrew","ln":"McNamara MS","title":"Vice President of Wine Development, Breakthru Beverage Florida","location":"Miramar, FL","photo":"647.jpg","bio":"Vice President of Wine Development, Breakthru Beverage Group. Oversees the Premium Account Development Specialist team and Augustan Wine Imports in Florida. Chairman of the Board, Court of Master Sommeliers–Americas. Krug Cup winner. Prior to Breakthru Beverage, Andy was a member of the sommelier team at the Breakers.","website":"www.breakthrubev.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":51,"fn":"Kim","ln":"McPherson","title":"Owner and Winemaker, McPherson Cellars","location":"Lubbock, TX","photo":"51.jpg","bio":"The McPhersons have been a pioneering family in grape growing and wine making in Texas for over 50 years. The family patriarch, Dr. Clinton A. “Doc” McPherson, was one of the “Fathers” of the modern Texas wine industry. In 1976 “Doc,” a Chemistry professor and Bob Reed, a Horticulture professor at Texas Tech University founded Llano Estacado Winery in Lubbock, the first post-Prohibition Texas winery. Until his passing in January, 2014, “Doc” remained one of the state’s prime grape growers and was the first in Texas to plant Sangiovese in his Sagmor Vineyard. Kim’s mother, Clara, while a professor in Texas Tech’s Department of Food Nutrition Science, established the university’s Hotel Restaurant Management degree program. His younger brother, Jon, has been a winemaker in Temecula near San Diego, CA, for over twenty years and has twice won the prestigious “Golden Bear” award for the most medals won in a single year in CA. Kim graduated from Texas Tech with a degree in Food Nutrition Science and then completed the Enology and Viticulture program at the University of California at Davis. He worked at Trefethen in Napa Valley before returning to Lubbock as winemaker for Llano Estacado from 1979 until 1985 and for Cap*Rock Winery from 1990 until 2007 where he also made McPherson Cellars. Kim and Jon produced wines together in California under several labels including Il Fratello and Cucamonga Cellars. Kim’s Texas wines have won over 500 medals in state, national and international wine competitions including several Double Gold Medals at the prestigious San Francisco International Wine Competition and numerous Best of Class awards.  Kim and “Doc” were inducted into the Who’s Who in Food and Wine in Texas Hall of Fame in 1999 and Kim created the McPherson Cellars label in 2000 to honor his father. He converted the historic 1930’s era Coca Cola bottling plant in downtown Lubbock into a winery and McPherson Cellars opened in the fall of 2008. It is one of the most beautiful, modern and efficient wine facilities in Texas and one of the most unique wineries in the country. In 2013 Kim was ranked # 20 on a list of the Top 100 Most Influential U.S. Winemakers and McPherson Cellars was # 87 on the Top 101 Wineries for 2014 and moved up to # 83 in 2015. He continues to play an innovative and dynamic role in the development of the Texas wine industry.\r\n\r\nKim believes in “planting to the land” so his focus is on Rhone, Italian and Spanish varietals. Under the McPherson Cellars label he produces the following wines: Viognier, Roussanne, Reserve Roussanne, Albariño, Sangiovese, Tre Colore (red Rhone blend - no oak), La Herencia (Tempranillo blend), Les Copains White (white Rhone blend), Les Copains Dry Rose (Rhone style rose), Les Copains Red (Red Rhone blend), Sparkling and two specialty wines, Chansa Solera Reserva Cream Sherry and La Diosa Sangria. \r\n","website":"mcphersoncellars.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":23,"fn":"Sally","ln":"Mohr MS","title":"Master Sommelier","location":"Boulder, CO","photo":"23.jpg","bio":"Sally Mohr earned the title of Master Sommelier in 1995 and was the second woman in the United States to achieve that distinction.\r\n\r\nShe began her wine career as an employee at The Boulder Wine Merchant in 1983 and was a co-owner of this renowned specialty retail wine shop from 1986-2010. \r\n\r\nCurrently she is enjoying semi-retirement until the next chapter of her life unfolds.\r\n\r\nIn 2009, Sally passed the Level II Sake Specialist course conducted by John Gauntner in Japan. She became a board member of the Sake Education Council, whose mission is to spread the word of the joys of sake. Kanpai!\r\n\r\nShe continues to put her palate to the test by judging in various regional and international wine competitions. \r\n\r\nBesides wine, Sally enjoys spending time with her husband and two grown children. Her travels have taken her to many wine regions around the world and her long term goal is to feel the dirt between her toes in all of them.\r\n","website":"","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":801,"fn":"Kathy","ln":"Morgan MS","title":"Master Sommelier","location":"Washington, DC","photo":"801.jpg","bio":"Kathy Morgan is Washington D.C. based wine educator and consultant.  In 2010, she passed the rigorous Master Sommelier examination, becoming the 105th Master Sommelier in North America - and the 19th woman in the world to earn the distinction.  Having spent 12 years in the restaurant industry as an acclaimed sommelier and wine director, she currently teaches classes for wine professionals and consumers, and runs her own consulting firm, handling restaurant wine programs and private events.  \r\nKathy has offered her expertise and experience to many of the world’s leading wine publications as a taster, commentator, contributor and panelist.  Her credits include The Washington Post, Washingtonian Magazine, The Washington Times, Sommelier Journal, Food and Wine Magazine, Northern Virginia Magazine, and Flavor Magazine.  She has also provided her expert opinion for WUSA TV and BBC America World News.\r\nOne of her favorite roles is as a mentor and an educational leader in her community.  She regularly assists others in their endeavors to pass blind tasting exams; she is an instructor at the Capital Wine School and a member of Les Dames d’Escoffier.  \r\n","website":"kathymorganms.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":97,"fn":"Robin Kelley","ln":"O\u0027Connor","title":"RKO VINE","location":"New York, NY","photo":"","bio":"A leading wine educator, international wine judge, wine writer, and sommelier, Robin Kelley O’Connor recently joined Italian Wine Merchants (IWM), where he’ll be adding his thirty years of experience, authority and passion to seminars, dinner events, sales, offerings and wine education. In addition O’Connor is currently involved in the wine program at Tark’s Restaurant in Lutherville, Maryland outside of his native Baltimore. Robin was previously Lead Specialist \u0026 Head of Wine, Americas for Christie’s Auction House. Prior to Christie’s, he was Director of Sales and Education for Manhattan wine and spirits retailer Sherry-Lehmann.  Preceding Sherry-Lehmann, he was Trade Liaison and director of trade and consumer education in the Americas for the Bordeaux Wine Bureau for 20 years. Robin holds Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) and Certified Wine Educator (CWE) certifications from the Society of Wine Educators and passed the Court of Master Sommeliers’ Certified Sommelier exam. As a popular wine educator and spokesperson, he has conducted over 2,500 seminars; written for the Trenton Times, Santé Magazine, Wine \u0026 Spirit; and served as senior editor for Kevin Zraly’s Complete Wine Course 25th Anniversary Edition. For over a year during 2008-2009 he traveled around the world with Kevin visiting over 20 countries, 80 wine regions, 500 appellations and tasted more than 7,000 wines.","website":"","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":25,"fn":"Bob","ln":"Paulinski MW","title":"Senior Vice President, Bevmo Stores ","location":"Concord, CA","photo":"25.jpg","bio":"Bob Paulinski, MW currently resides in Pleasant Hill, California. He is the Senior Vice President for Bevmo Stores which is a 150 outlets across California, Arizona and Washington. Previously, he has held a number of leadership positions across the US. Prior to accepting the Bevmo role in late 2013, he was based in Jacksonville, Florida for five years as Category Director of Wine/Spirits/Beer for Bi-Lo Holdings for 1000+ grocery stores throughout the southeastern US. Before that, he spent five years in Bentonville, Arkansas as Category Manager for Wine/Spirits/Beer for Sam’s Club US. He was an independent owner/operator of a specialty wine retail business for sixteen years in Traverse City, Michigan. In 2002, he became the ninetieth North American to pass the Master of Wine examination and in doing so, ended a four year period in which no new North American candidates had been awarded with a successful completion of the program. He remains active in the MW program, both as an instructor and as an examiner. He has also judged in several wine competitions throughout the US, Europe and South America. He has traveled extensively to the world’s wine regions, with a strong affinity to the wine regions of southern France and both Chile and Argentina. Outside of work and involvement in the MW program, Bob is an avid road cyclist, participating in race and long distance endurance events.  ","website":"","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":648,"fn":"Jasper","ln":"Russo","title":"Wine Buyer, Sigel\u0027s Fine Wines and Great Spirits","location":"Dallas, TX","photo":"648.jpg","bio":"","website":"www.sigels.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":569,"fn":"Jeff","ln":"Siegel","title":"The Wine Curmudgeon","location":"Dallas, TX","photo":"569.jpg","bio":"Jeff Siegel writes the nationally-known Wine Curmudgeon blog and is a co-founder of DrinkLocalWine.com.","website":"winecurmudgeon.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":84,"fn":"Guy","ln":"Stout MS CWE","title":"Corporate Director Beverage Education, Glazer\u0027s Family of Companies","location":"Houston, TX","photo":"84.jpg","bio":"Guy is one of only 160 Master Sommelier (MS) in the world. He is also a Certified Wine Educator (CWE), Certified Spirits Specialist (CSS) and on the Executive Board of Directors of the Society of Wine Educators. He is a founding Board member of the Texas Sommelier Association, specializing in education for the hospitality industry in Texas. Guy has been recognized as a Houston Icon for his contribution to the Wine and Food Industry of Texas. \r\nHe is the Corporate Director of Beverage Education for The Glazer’s Family of Companies, covering 14 states.\r\nGuy has been the guest featured “wine expert” on the PBS cooking series Cucina Amore with Damian Mandola and Johnny Carrabba, founders of the Carrabba’s Restaurant Chain. He has appeared on a number of radio and television talk shows covering wine and food. Most recently, Guy was a featured speaker at the Smithsonian Institute Folk Life Festival in Washington D.C. lecturing on the Texas wine industry’s current boom and the historical development of Texas wine.\r\nGuy is a member of the Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association and owner, with wife Kimberly, of Stout Vineyards in the Texas Hill Country AVA, producing Syrah grapes.\r\nHe is an active wine judge for a variety of national competitions; including the L. A. County Fair, Dallas Morning News, Jefferson Cup, Texas Open and Houston Rodeo Wine Competition.\r\nHe is also a graduate of the Wine and Spirits Management Institute at the University of Houston Hilton School for Hotel and Restaurant Management, and Honorary Alumni.\r\nGuy is a member of the Houston Food and Beverage Managers Association, and an active spokesman for the adult beverage industry.\r\n","website":"","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":650,"fn":"Liz","ln":"Thach PhD MW","title":"Distinguished Professor of Wine \u0026 Management, Wine Business Institute, Sonoma State University","location":"Rohnert Park, CA","photo":"650.jpg","bio":"Dr. Liz Thach, MW (pronounced “tosh”) is a management and wine business professor at Sonoma State University in the Wine Business Institute where she teaches in both the undergraduate and Wine MBA programs. In addition, she has 10 years of executive and management level experience at Fortune 500 companies and has done consulting and research projects for more than 30 different wineries. Liz’s passion is wine, and she has visited most of the major wine regions of the world and more than 30 countries. In addition, she is an awarding winning author and has published over 120 articles and 8 wine books, including Wine – A Global Business and Wine Marketing \u0026 Sales. A fifth generation Californian, Liz finished her Ph.D. at Texas A\u0026M and now lives on Sonoma Mountain where she tends a small hobby vineyard and makes pinot noir wine. She also works as a wine judge in various competitions, and has served on many non-profit wine boards. Liz obtained the distinction of Master of Wine (MW) in May of 2011.","website":"www.lizthachmw.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":526,"fn":"Madeline","ln":"Triffon MS","title":"Master Sommelier, Plum Market ","location":"Farmington Hills, MI","photo":"526.jpg","bio":"Madeline Triffon joined Plum Market in 2011 as the in-house Master Sommelier.  Plum Market is a full-service grocery retailer with stores in Southeastern Michigan and Metro Chicago.  Triffon directs wine tasting events, hand selects wines for in-store and online retail sales, and serves as a corporate wine educator. \r\n\r\nTriffon is one of 134 professionals who have earned the title Master Sommelier in North America; there are 211 Master Sommeliers worldwide.  Triffon was the first of 19 American women, and the second woman in the world, to have passed the M.S. exam. She is a Chairman Emeritus of the American Chapter of the Court of Master Sommelier and has also served as Scholarship Chair. \r\n\r\nFor over 25 years, Triffon has directed restaurant wine programs in the Metro Detroit area, at the London Chop House, Rattlesnake Club and the Matt Prentice Restaurant Group.  She has mentored many wine, service and hospitality professionals and very much enjoys watching them grow and excel in experience and accomplishments.\r\n \r\nSanté Magazine named Triffon Wine and Spirits Professional of the Year for 1999.  Restaurant Hospitality awarded Triffon their Vanguard Award in 2002 for industry leadership and vision.  In 2008, WCR (Women Chefs and Restaurateurs) awarded Triffon their Golden Goblet Award for “Women Who Inspire”.  Cheers Magazine gave Triffon their Award for Beverage Excellence in 2011.  In 2012, Champagne Krug awarded Triffon their Lifetime Achievement Award.  This award honors exceptional achievements in wine service, education and hospitality.\r\n","website":"www.plummarket.com/","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":132,"fn":"Paul","ln":"Wagner","title":"Founder, Balzac Communications","location":"Napa, CA","photo":"132.jpg","bio":" Paul Wagner studied sociology and education at U. C. Santa Cruz and classical guitar at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Seville, Spain. \r\n           \r\n            After several positions in Public Relations and Marketing in the wine industry in Napa Valley, Mr. Wagner formed Balzac Communications \u0026 Marketing on April 1, 1991.  Current clients include Diageo Chateau \u0026 Estate Wines, the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux, Wagner Family of Wines, Wente Vineyards, Mendocino Wine Company, Simply Italian, Sogevinus of Portugal, Bodegas Salentein, Villa Trasqua, Miner Wines, Rioja Alavesa, and a host of other wine and food specialists. \r\n \r\nHe has been an instructor for Napa Valley College\u0027s Viticulture and Enology department for the past twenty-one years.  In addition he teaches at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, is a guest lecturer at many universities and has spoken at more than eighty conferences throughout the world on wine business, communications, wine tourism, public affairs, wine, and wine marketing.\r\n \r\nWith Liz Thach and Janeen Olsen, he authored a book:  Wine Marketing \u0026 Sales, Strategies for a Saturated Market by The Wine Appreciation Guild, which won the Gourmand International Award in 2008 for the best wine book of the year for professionals. A second edition of that work was published in 2011, and a third edition is underway.  He was a columnist for Vineyard \u0026 Winery Management Magazine for ten years, contributes to Allexperts.com in the field of wine and food, and served on the board of directors of the Society of Wine Educators for many years.  With Rick Kushman of Capital Public Radio, he hosts “Bottle Talk” at http://www.rickandpaulwine.com/  a weekly conversation about wine. \r\n \r\nPaul Wagner has judged many international wine competitions, is a founding member of the Academy of Wine Communications, a member of the nominations committee of the Culinary Institute of America’s Vintner’s Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Spadarini della Castellania di Soave in 2005.  In 2009 he was honored with a “Life Dedicated to Wine” award at the Feria Nacional del Vino (FENAVIN) in Spain.","website":"www.balzac.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null},{"judgeID":651,"fn":"Robert","ln":"Whitley","title":"Wine Writer, Publisher, Wine, Competition Director","location":"San Diego, CA","photo":"651.jpg","bio":"Robert Whitley writes a syndicated wine column for the Creators Syndicate and is Publisher of the online wine magazine, Wine Review Online. He has been a wine columnist for more than two decades, beginning with his original \"On Wine\" column in the San Diego Union-Tribune in 1991.\r\n\r\nRobert also serves as Director of five major wine competitions in the United States, and has participated in numerous wine competition in the U.S. and abroad, including the Concours Mondial, the Chardonnay Challenge and the annual wine competition at Vinitaly.\r\nRobert also has been a radio host and a reporter, columnist or editor at many top U.S. newspapers, including Newsday, the Washington Post and the San Diego Union.\r\n\r\nHe was the founding Director of the Monterey Wine Competition in 1994, and today also oversees the San Diego International Wine Competition, the Critics Challenge, the Winemaker Challenge and the Sommelier Challenge.\r\n","website":"www.whitleyonwine.com","competitions":null,"sommPanel":null}]);