Jane Anson is based in Bordeaux, for which she wrote the chapters of www.winetravelguides.com, and is author of a guidebook to Bordeaux (fisherstravelsos.com). She also writes for the Telegraph, the Irish Independent, the Melbourne Age, Decanter, Wine & Spirit, Food and Travel and Gourmet Traveller as well as lecturing internationally on wine tourism.

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Luis Antunes studied mathematics and computer science, earning his PhD in 2001, and now teaches artificial intelligence at the University of Lisbon. An avid reader and taster, he began sharing his thoughts about wine in 1999. Since 2003 he has written regularly for the Revista de Vinhos, Portugal's leading wine magazine. He has also published in both Expresso and www.elmundovino.com as well as being a juror at Vinitaly and Concours Mondial du Vin.

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Subhash Arora is the founding President of Delhi Wine Club www.delhiwineclub.com and Indian Wine Academy www.indianwineacademy.com, where he works with a missionary zeal as a consultant and writer to promote wine culture in his native India. He is editor of the eNewsletter delWine and has authored The Italian Wine Guide 2006, a first-ever book in India.

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Tony Aspler has been writing about wine since 1975 and is, today, one of the leading experts on Canadian wines and their domestic market. To date he has published twelve books on wine and food, including the recently released ‘The Wine Atlas of Canada.’ Tony also writes fiction, principally wine murder mysteries, and has co-founded the charitable foundation Grapes for Humanity. His own website is: www.tonyaspler.com.

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Ana María Barahona is the editor of Chile's oldest and most prestigious wine web site, www.chilevinos.com. In addition to travelling extensively throughout South America, she has juried international wine competitions and is the author of the "Guía Mujer & Vino", the first of its kind in South America.

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A couple of years ago the Chartered Institute of Marketing named Drayton Bird one of the 50 individuals who have shaped today’s marketing. His book, Commonsense Direct Marketing (1982) is in its fifth edition. Out in 14 languages, it is the best-selling British work on the subject. He has written three other books and over 1,000 business articles.

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Wojciech Bonkowski holds a degree in Italian literature and a doctorate in musicology. He turned to wine tasting in 1998 after a good bottle of claret. He is deputy editor of the leading Polish wine magazine WINO and co-author, with Marek Bienczyk, of the Polish Wine Guide, covering 15,000 from 30 European countries. More at www.polishwineguide.com.

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Eduardo Brethauer holds a diploma in wine marketing. Long a journalist for Viña del Mar, he is now partner and wine editor at Vitis, the leading technical magazine in Chile. He also contributes to Planetvino.com and several other websites, both in Chile and abroad. In addition to judging at international competitions, he also writes screenplays and travel literature.

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Dr. Bernard Burtschy is a professor of statistics at two of Paris´s most prestigious universities. In addition, he is the editorial consultant for the Revue du Vin de France, the countries leading wine magazine, writes their annual guide to French wine and is a permanent member of the Grand Jury Européen.

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Bob Campbell is generally viewed in the international wine industry as Mr New Zealand. He holds the Master of Wine qualification and is the current Columnist of the Year from the Magazine Publishers Association. He contributes to wine publications, holds wine diploma courses and has been the Chairman of Judges in numerous wine shows. His own website is: www.bobcampbell.co.nz.

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Tina Caputo began her career at the Wine Institute and later worked in the industry. She has been a wine journalist for almost 13 years now, writing and editing for a variety of trade and consumer publications, including Wines & Vines, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Wine Review Online. She is based in Sonoma County, California.

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Felicity Carter is an Australian journalist specialising in wine and wine business. Her work has appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age newspapers, as well as in a range of lifestyle and business magazines. She has also reported Australian wine news for Decanter.com and is now Editor-in-Chief of Meininger's Wine Business International.

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Cees van Casteren is a Dutch journalist, wine judge, consultant and author of seven books. He started his career in the wine business as a specialist for yeast, enzymes and bacteria, was later editor of the wine magazine Proefschrift and since 2004 of Perswijn’s Supplements. He also writes for various Dutch newspapers and magazines.

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Following a stint at the wine merchant Oddbins, Andrew Catchpole joined Harpers Wine & Spirit Weekly, rising to deputy editor before moving into the editor’s chair at Harpers on Trade restaurant magazine HOT. Based in London, Andrew now writes on wine, restaurants and travel for numerous publications including the Telegraph, Guardian, Glasgow Herald and Decanter.

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Chantal (Chung Chan) Chi has written about the world of wine for over a decade. Currently living in Shanghai, she is responsible for the wine column in Century 21, one of the business newspapers in China, as well as a contributor to Decanter China and to other publications throughout China, Taiwan & Hong Kong. Her current project is the completion of two more books on the wines of the New World and on the wines of Spain & Italy for the potential Chinese wine consumers.

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After studying business administration, Jung Yong Cho became a banker, auctioneer and then wine writer. In addition to his columns for Money, Donga and Posco, he lectures on wine at university. His book All That Wine won the Culture Book 2006 prize from Korea’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism. He is now writing his second book, When Food Meets Wine.

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After graduating in mechanical engineering and economy, Šárka Dušková started her career in business consulting. Fascinated by wine, she transformed this passion into a profession and in 2002 founded, together with her husband, the magazine Vino Revue. She is now chief editor of this leading Czech wine magazine, which is published monthly in Prague.

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Sally Easton MW is one of the few wine writers to have both the Master of Wine and a Masters degree in journalism. She writes for both trade and consumer publications, in the United Kingdom and abroad. She also consults to the industry on sourcing, ranging and quality issues, and teaches Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) courses up to Diploma level.

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Michael Fridjhon is South Africa´s most widely consulted authority. He is chairman at the South African Trophy Wine Show, visiting Professor at the University of Cape Town, past chairman of the South African Wine Industry Trust, has written or contributed to over 30 books and writes for numerous publication around the world.

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Dr Caroline Gilby MW is a freelance writer specialising in Eastern Europe. She has contributed to the Wine Report, the Oxford Companion to Wine, Hugh Johnson's Pocket Book and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Wine Research. She has a PhD in plant biology, but originally left science to become a wine buyer for a major British supermarket chain. In addition to writing, she now also lectures for WSET and judges internationally.

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Dr. Jamie Goode who contributes our report on closures brings a rare scientific analysis to this subject. With a PhD in plant biology, he worked for a decade as a science editor before launching www.wineanorak.com, a leading wine website. He has also written books on Wine Science (Mitchell Beazley) and Wine Bottle Closures (Flavour Press).

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Born in London, raised in Australia and educated in Paris, Ned Goodwin’s fervour for wine came through art. Before moving back to Tokyo where he serves as wine director for Global Dining, he spent three years as a sommelier Manhattan. He went on to host his own Japanese television show, appears as guest lecturer at one of Japan`s prestigious universities, Keio, and writes for journals including the New York Times, WINART, The Japan Times and Vinotheque.

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Robert Gorjak was raised in a wine making family in present day Slovenia, becoming familiar with wine in his formative years. His passion was stirred the late 80s when he had the opportunity to taste alongside professional judges. His first article appeared in 1994. Since then, in addition to writing, educating and consulting in Slovenia, he has contributed to the Oxford Wine Companion as well as to the Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine Guide and Atlas. He holds the WSET diploma.

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James Graham started his journalistic career in the early 1980s and has specialised in business journalism. He has written for a wide range of publications in the airfreight, shipping, logistics and wine and spirits media, including the Financial Times and the Times newspapers. His particular expertise is in the industry?s supply chain.

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A doctor by profession, Ronald de Groot has long been fascinated by wine. After writing and editing for other magazines, he started his own wine magazine in 1988. With more than 5,000 subscribers, Perswijn In well known on the Dutch market. As a wine consultant, he is, along with Hubrecht Duijker, a member of the tasting panel for KLM and a member of the Grand Jury Européen. More at www.wijnpers.nl.

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After graduating with a degree in American literature Richard Grosche began writing for Weinwelt, Germany’s most widely circulated consumer wine magazine, where he has been for the past three years. He joined Meininger's Wine Business International last summer as associate editor and keeps our internet site up to date.

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Dr. Laurent Guinand is the founder and president of GiraMondo Wine Ventures, a consulting company specialising in the global wine businesses. Services include international business development, marketing strategies, including internet, and brokerage of wineries all around the world. Laurent is based in Washington, DC.

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James Halliday has been actively involved in all aspects of the wine industry for 35 years as a hands-on winemaker and grape grower, wine judge, wine consultant, journalist and author of over 50 books. He has won James Beard Awards in consecutive years, a Julia Child Award and many others, all of which contribute to his reputation as Australia's leading wine writer.

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Although born in Madrid, Alfredo Hervías y Mendizábal made a name for himself as a wine journalist in Portugal, where he lived for 15 years before moving to Brazil. In addition to continued work for numerous magazines and guides in Brazil, Portugal and Spain, he has begun to write novels, publishing his first, Madrid me Mata, in 2005.

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Thomas Ilkjaer has lectured on, and written about, wine since 1997. Stockholm based, he's a staff writer at Denmark's Vinbladet and freelances for magazines in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Lithuania. He is the editor of Politikens Bog om Italiensk Vin, the most comprehensive Danish book on the subject. He is also in charge of the sommelier school Vinakademiet in Copenhagen.

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Andrew Jefford, one of Britain’s most admired wine writers, is the author of 12 books, including The New France and Peat Smoke and Spirit: A Portrait of Islay and its whiskies. His latest book, Andrew Jefford’s Wine Course, was published in September 2008. That same month he was honoured with the 'Roederer's Wine Feature Writer' award, his third in three years.

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Robert Joseph is the award-winning author of over 25 books and regular speaker at major trade conferences. He founded the International Wine Challenge in the United Kingdom and in Asia. Robert Joseph will follow the development of this publication as editor-at-large. His own website is: www.therobertjoseph.com.

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Based in Bordeaux for the last two years, Sophie Kevany is a free lance wine journalist. From rhere she writes primarily about the French wine business, in particular that of Bordeaux. Prior to that assignement she worked in South Africa, Norway, Ireland and America, where she has written for numerous major publications.

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Jamie (Jeongmi) Kim is the founder and publisher of Winies, Korea’s leading wine magazine. She also lectures at the Seoul School of Integrated Sciences & Technologies a course on “Wine Culture - Global Leaders,” through which she has drawn the attention of key figures of Korean society to the wine industry. She also represents Korea as a member of the Grand Jury European. Read more at www.winies.com.

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Hervé Lalau has been writing for In Vino Veritas, Belgium’s leading wine magazine, since 1994 and also contributes to the internet sites E-Vitisphere and COAM, where his longer articles on wine business are posted in French. He is Secretary General of FIJEV, the International Federation for Wine Journalists and Writers (www.fijev.com).

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Andreas Larsson started his career in 1990 as a chef. Following a brief period combining the kitchen with playing Jazz, he took a diploma as a sommelier in 1999. Since then he has won almost every competition he has entered, culminating in the World's Best Sommelier in 2007. Besides being a member of the Grand Jury Européen, he has begun writing about wine, most recently in the World of Fine Wine.

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James Lawther MW is an independent Bordeaux-based wine writer and consultant. During his 25 years experience in the wine industry, he has retailed wine in Paris, had hands on wine making experience in Western Australia, Bordeaux and the Languedoc and lectured on food and wine. He?s a contributing editor to Decanter and has participated in a number of wine books.

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Jeannie Cho Lee is a freelance wine writer, educator and judge based in Hong Kong. She contributes to Wine Spectator and The World of Fine Wine as well as several Asian publications such as the Asset and the Far Eastern Economic Revue. Jeannie holds a master’s degree in Public Policy from Harvard University and recently founded Grapexpectations, a wine education and consulting company.

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Elsebeth Lohfert , who holds a degree in history and film ­science, wrote her first article about wine in 1985 while passing her time as a tourist in Burgundy. In 1992 she started publishing, together with her husband, Denmark's only specialised wine magazine "Vinbladet". More at www.vinbladet.dk,

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After studying economics and long experience in the wine industry, Jürgen Mathäß was chief editor of Germany's leading wine business publication, Weinwirtschaft, for eight years. Married to a Spanish woman, he has long considered the Iberian Peninsula and SouthAmerica as his area of expertise.

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Kevin McCallum is a business reporter covering the wine industry for The Press Democrat, a New York Times-owned daily newspaper in Santa Rosa, California. He's also done a stint pouring wine for a Sonoma winery. Over more than a decade as an award winning journalist, his work has appeared in a number of newspapers and magazines, including The Washington Post.

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Charles Metcalfe was one of the founders of WINE and the International Wine Challenge, of which he is still co-chairmen. A freelance writer, his work appears in magazines such as ‘Square Meal’, ‘Which?’ and ‘blueWINE’. He has written books on the wines of Spain and Portugal as well as about matching wines with food. His ‘Wine and Food Lover’s Guide to Portugal’ was published in 2007. He is also one of the most well-known television wine critics in Britain.

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Although he started his career writing about jazz music while at school in the 1970s, Mikko Montonen has written about wine for over twenty years. Music and film took him around the world...and then to the world of wine. Even today, many of his famous musician friends are also fascinated by wine. After a stint as editor, Montonen now works freelance from Helsinki.

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Peter Moser from the eponymous wine dynasty in Krems is Austria’s most well-known wine writer. Not only is he the chief wine editor for Falstaff, the most widely sold wine and life style magazine in the country, but he also writes their annual guide to Austrian wines, which has been translated into both English and Russian. He is also the Austrian member of the Grand Jury Européen.

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Based in Dublin, Ireland, one of the most vibrant wine markets in Europe, Monika Murphy is Research & Development Manager at Febvre Wine Brokers. A respected taster, she has judged at the International Wine Challenge and International Wine & Spirit Competition and is a regular commentator on the Irish wine scene.

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After finishing his doctorate in agriculture at Hohenheim University in Stuttgart Dr. Hermann Pilz was managing director of a sparkling wine producing company on the Mosel before becoming chief editor of the Weinwirtschaft, Germany's leading wine business publication, where he has been for over ten years.

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Tomasz Prange-Barczynski is the chief editor of the leading Polish wine magazine WINO, author of weekly wine program in Warsaw’s business radio PIN and wine consultant for the opinionated weekly magazine Wprost. He is especially interested in reviving the wine culture of Central Europe.

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For the past ten years Yevheniya Rodionova has been working as a journalist with Drinks+, the leading Ukranian drinks business magazine published in Kiev. Beyond the Ukraine it is distributed in Russia and the United States as well as being seen a major wine events throughout Europe. As the coordinating editor of the magazine, she has traveled to most wine regions and was recently a jurist at the Vinitaly International Wine Competition.

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Arne Ronold MW, Norway’s only Master of Wine, has been the editor of the Norwegian wine magazine Vinforum since 1996 and head of the Norwegian Wine Academy since 1998, both of which he founded. He lectures sommelier students at the Culinary Institute of Norway and teaches WSET diploma students in several European countries. He is the author of many books.

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After studying agricultural economics in France and European Administration in Belgium, Alex Sakkas promoted in the philosophy of art at La Sorbonne in Paris. He interest in wines dates back to 1977. He has worked as a sommelier, lecturer and consultant and has participated as a judge at numerous international wine competitions. He recently moved back to Greece, where he has established himself as one of country’s leading wine writers.

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A graduate of the University of Oregon, Michael A. Schaefer, sits on the Board of Directors for the Society of Wine Educators, an international organization dedicated to the promotion of wine knowledge. Besides lecturing he also writes for the Vineyard & Winery Management magazine and is involved as a jurist with wine competitions, both domestically and internationally.

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After graduating in linguistics and psychology, Eleonora Scholes completed graduate studies in marketing in England. In 2002 her wine hobby became a professional activity. Although she recently moved to Italy, she maintains close ties with Russia, writing regularly for Magnum, Vinnaya Karta and Gastronom. She also has her own bilingual website at www.eleonorascholes.ru.

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Igor Serdyuk has been writing about wine in Russia since 1994. Long the publishing editor of Vinya Karta, he started his own wine magazine, Magnum, in 2005 where he serves as editor-in-chief. He was was recently voted the "Most Influential Wine Writer" by his peers in our Who's Who in Russia.

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Victor de la Serna is a deputy editor with El Mundo, a national newspaper based in Madrid, and a veteran Spanish wine writer. He is also the owner of vineyards and a small winery at Finca Sandoval in Spain's Manchuela region. With Monica Munoz, he will keep us abreast of developments in Spain.

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An Englishwoman who has been living in Italy for almost thirty years, Michèle Shah is a freelance wine writer collaborating with Decanter, Fine Wine, Wine & Spirit in the UK and a number of specialized wine magazines in Italy. She is also the author of Wines of Italy published by Mitchell Beazley.

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Othmar Stäheli is the editor of the Swiss Wine Magazine that appears in German, French and Italian for the Organization of Swiss Wine Merchants as well the Ami du Vin, written for consumers. He is will known there as a critical observer of the local wine market. In the 1990s he also ran the national commission promoting Swiss Wines and has been a board member of “Expovina” in Zürich, Switzerland’s largest wine fair for over two decades.

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Tom Stevenson has written 22 books, which have been translated into over 25 languages. The most famous is Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia. His Christie’s World Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine made headlines in 1998 by proving that the English used a second fermentation to convert still wine into sparkling years before Dom Pérignon.

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Jenny Tan is an independent wine writer, who contributes to the weekly wine review column for The Straits Times, the national newspaper. Born and bred in Singapore, she also works on the wine pages for several magazines in the region, such as The Edge, Appetite and Silverkris. Her next project: a wine blog catered for the growing Asian market.

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After completing her university studies in agribusiness and marketing Elissaveto Velianova taught agricultural economics in England before returning to her native Bulgaria, where she became marketing and public relations manager for Domaine Boyar. Since 2005 she has been a freelance consultant, doing the Bulgarian market research and analysis for Euromonitor.

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Larry Walker is based in San Francisco, where he writes on wine, food, spirits, travel and environmental issues. He writes on a regular basis for several international wine magazines and has a number of book credits. His latest book, Wines of the Napa Valley, published by Mitchell-Beazley, was short-listed for International Wine Book of the Year in 2006.

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Franco Ziliani, a freelance writer specialising in Italian wines, is a regular contributor to Decanter, The World of Fine Wine, the Italian periodical Bibenda, the weekly magazine Il Corriere Vinicolo and De Vinis. He has wine blogs: Vino al Vino (www.vinoalvino.org) and VinoWire (www.vinowire.com in English).

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