Megumi studied wine tasting at the Academie du Vin in Tokyo in 1989 and worked as a wine buyer and consultant in the nineties. Since 2000, she has been a freelance wine journalist for several magazines, including Winart, Wands, Cuisine Kingdom and Gabinand. At Winart magazine, she has written and reported for the past 16 [...]
Former president of the International Wine & Food Society Manila Ladies Branch
Mr Kornblum Koren is an experienced Senior News Editor as well as Wine & Spirits Journalist, writer and broadcaster of hundreds of articles and programs in specialized magazines, leading internet sites and the Israeli public radio. He is a judge in international competitions such as MundusVini, Concours Mondial and Vinitaly. Yair was awarded the decoration [...]
Professor at the University of Hong Kong - Master of International Wine Management program - Education specialist (integrated learning) at PolyU. As a former chef, his industry experience has taken him to several countries, including New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Northern Ireland and England where he has worked with renowned chefs. Mr Mackenzie has held [...]
Olivia is President and CEO of Destileria Limtuaco & Co., Inc. the Philippines’ oldest distillery. She is also the founding chair of the Distilled Spirits Association of the Philippines. A hands-on executive, she is a strong advocate of export development and the adoption of quality systems. President of Foresight Book Publishing and Distributing Co., she [...]
A freelance journalist and translator, Sharon spent 25 years writing for the French wine trade journal ‘La Journée Vinicole’ and now writes for the digital wine media Vitisphere. A judge at several international wine competitions, she also co-ordinates the Sauvignon blanc steering committee and has contributed to books, including one on the Pic Saint Loup [...]
Elie Maamari studied viticulture and oenology in France (Toulouse) and was the winemaker at Chateau Ksara for 11 years. His last vintage was in 1994. Since 1995, he has been export and marketing director at Chateau Ksara. He also teaches the oenology classes at the American University of Notre Dame as well as at the [...]
Wojciech is involved in all the major initiatives on the Polish wine scene, including its first wine book – Wines of Europe Guide - the first wine magazine – Magazyn Wino– a leading wine blog - @ www.winaeuropy.pl – and the online wine magazine www.winicjatywa.pl, now Poland’s no. 1 wine medium. He educates Polish consumers [...]
Agri-food engineer (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) with a masters’ degree in viticulture and oenology (UPM). He was awarded the WSET Diploma in Benelux, the Weinakademiker certificate coupled with the Schloss Vollrads Award for the highest results at Geisenheim and Rust (Austria) and became a Master of Wine at the London-based Institute of Masters of Wine, [...]
Journalist at Shanghai Daily, wine columnist for China People's Publications Z Mag, Money Journal China, Men's UNO, Stuff Taiwan and the publisher and author of ISACS Wine Guides in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore; and also a host of gourmet-related TV and radio programs in Shanghai and Taipei.