Jury

Jury 2016

*Foto*	*Name*	Country	BIO
	Jean-Claude RUF	France	• OIV expert commissioner
	Joel BUTLER, MW	USA	•Graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in History, M.A. U. of Colorado •One of the first two Resident American MW's (1990) •He has written for: THE INTERNATIONAL WINE CELLAR, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY, the L.A. TIMES, INTERNATIONAL WINE REVIEW (I-winereview.com), wineandspirits.com and his blog, WineKnowLog (www.mywineknow.com/blog) •Co-Author: "Divine Vintage: Following the Wine Trail from Genesis to the Modern Age" (Gourmand UK Wine Book of the Year 2012) •Partner in World of Wines/WineKnow LLC in Redmond, WA; Wine merchants & wine bar •Board Vice-president for the North American Institute of Masters of Wine organization, and an associate member of ASOR
	Patrick FARRELL, MW	USA	• Certified wine educator (CWE) which got him into the master of wine program. He finished passing and became a master of wine (MW) in 1998 • He has taught master of wine students on several continents, usually on the topic of blind wine tasting • He has also taught sessions of grape growing, wine making and the maturation of wine • He has taught wine classes to consumers and members of the wine trade through the Society of Wine Educators, the Institute of Masters of Wine, the Wine and Spirit Education Trust, on cruise ships and in restaurants
	Lenka SEDLACKOVA, MW	UK	• Lenka comes from the Czech Republic where she studied Management and Economics • Lenka became a Master of Wine in 2016 • She works for renowned UK wine merchant Berry Bros & Rudd as Marketing Manager for the On and Off-trade working with some of the greatest wine producers in the world • Judge at international wine competitions • Co-writer at The Winemonkeys blog (www.thewinemonkeys.com)
	Gheorghe ARPENTIN	Republic of Moldova	• Expert of International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) • Accredited Expert Wine Taster for wine competitions • President of the Union of Oenologists of the Republic of Moldova • Professional Member of American Oenology and Viticulture Society
	Petre BADEA	Romania	• ADAR Vicepresident, Dealul Mare area, expert taster • Doctor in Oenology • Juror in national and international competitions
	Mihai BANITA	Romania	• ADAR member • Oenologist engineer • Juror in national and international wine competitions
	Michael BLANC	France	• Director of Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine producer Union • Creator and administrator of Vinadéa from Châteauneuf-du-Pape • Graduated from Aix Marseille University and Wine University from Suze la Rousse • Administrator of « Sites remarquables du goût » national federation • Founder of « Slow Food Châteauneuf-du-Pape » • Vine grower in AOC Luberon et Ventoux • Member of various wine contests • Co-author of the book «Vins et vignobles de France» Ed. Proxima septembrie 2001
	Thomas BRANDL	Germany	• Journalist and PR professional with 30 years experience in the global wine industry • With his own PR agency xenos-comm he now helps wine producers especially from Eastern European countries to get better known in markets like Germany, Benelux, UK and Scandinavia • Member of wine competitions all around the world • Ambassador for Eastern Europe for Concours Mondial de Bruxelles • He writes as an author for various magazines, e.g. Vinum, Meininger's Wine Business international and others
	Dušan BREJC	Slovenia	•Director, Wine Association of Slovenia Ltd. •BSc in Agronomy (spec in oenology) •10 years in winemaking •10 years of international marketing&sales (Wine, spirits, soft drinks) •25 years of wine writing •Judging at national and international wine competitions
	Valentin CEAFALAU	Romania	•Wine-journalist, 2001-2014, editor in chief Connaisseur and Vinul.Ro wine magazines •Juror in various international wine competitions •Member of FIJEV •Organizer of several wine competitions Promotion manager for M1.Crama Atelier
	Georgel COSTACHE	Romania	•ADAR Vicepresident, Moldova viticultural zone •2006 – Romanian oenologist of the year •Wine and Spirits Expert taster •Wine engineer, doctor in Oenology •Juror in national and international wine competitions •14 years expertise at Concours Mondial du Vin Bruxelles •Great Gold Medal for consequent judgement at Concours Mondial du Vin Bruxelles
	Lorena DEACONU STOIAN	Romania	•Chief Winemaker •ADAR member, expert taster •Juror in national and international competitions
	Dimitar DIMOV	Bulgaria	• Wine market expert and chief winemaker for wineries in Bulgaria and Turkey • Member of the Union of Enologists in Bulgaria • Juror in various international wine competitions • Master of Science in enology and viticulture
	Emese DOMIAN	Hungary	•DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / TAKARÉKBANK LTD. •Somellier exam, 2002 Budapest, Hungary •WSET Level2, 2011 Rust, Austria (Weinakademie Österrreich) •WSET Level3, 2011 Rust, Austria (Weinakademie Österrreich) •WSET Level4, Diploma 2013 Rust, Austria (Weinakademie Österrreich •Judge of domestic and international Wine Competitions •Co-Author of a book about sparkling wines (Pezsg?, Budapest, 2014)
	Dmitry FEDOTOV	Russia	• Wine expert, wine journalist, promoter, member of Supervisory board of the Winemakers and Winegrowers Union of Russia, brand-ambassador of Gambero Rosso in Russia, teacher at the sommelier school “WinePeople” • Judge of the international tasting competitions • Contributor in Art in Wine, Napitki (Drinks), Enoteca, Forbes, Jets, Robb Report, Top Flight, Vine, Vinnaya Karta (Wine Card) and internet-portals: winepages.ru, gazeta.ru, jets.ru etc. • Chief editor of the wine “Guide of the Russian consumer 2011” and “Guide of the Russian consumer 2012” • Laureate of “Sue Eccelenza Italia 2012” by Gambero Rosso and “Foglio d’Oro 2012”
	Pascual Herrera GARCIA	Spain	•Member of the Expert Group on Sensory Analysis of the Catalan Cork Institute and the Rovira i Virgili University •Chairman of the Regional Committee of Wine Tasting of Castile and Leon •President Of the Wine Academy of Castilla and Leon •National and international Wine Taster
	Balla GEZA	Romania	•ADAR member, expert taster •Oenologist, university teacher, winery owner •Juror in several national and international competitions
	Iulian GRIGORESCU	Romania	•ADAR meber •WSET level 2 •Juror in Wine Contest: "Excellence Awards Vinul.ro" •Author of the blog www.blog.pistoanebaricate.ro and organiser of the Wine Contest: "Pistonul de aur"-Braila
	Liviu GRIGORICA	Romania	• ADAR Vicepresident • Engineer in food technology • Expert Authorised wine & spirits taster • Winemaker and Wine creator • Wine consultant and winery management Advisor
	Laurentiu HORODNIC	Romania	•ADAR Member •Founder of the wine blog www.oenolog.ro •Founder of the Vademecum Club
	Tomislav IVANOVIC	Serbia	• Author and editor-in-chief of web-portal www.vinopedia.rs • Winner of Millesima Blog Award 2016 • Wine critic, writer and contributor to selected wine magazines • Juror in national and international wine events • Lecturing about wines from Serbia and the Balkan region • Local partner of the organisation Wine Mosaic
	Ted LELEKAS	Greece	• Wine Journalist, Vice-President of the International Federation of Wine & Spirits Journalists and Writers (FIJEV) • Among the global Top20 of Wine Influencers in 2015 and 2016 (socialvignerons.com) • Regular judge at international wine competitions • Online wine sales specialist, with a founding role in the largest and most successful wine&spirits e-shops in Greece (houseofwine.gr, kylix.gr) • Communication, development and training consultant to leading Greek companies in sectors including food, wine, spirits, hospitality, tourism etc
	Vasile LUCA	Moldova	•Technologist engineer •Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, Government of Moldova •Oenologist of the year in 2015 in Moldova •Juror in several national and international competitions
	Richard MARCHAL	France	• Lecturer, Director of Oenology and Applied Chemistry within Sciences Faculty of Reims Champagne-Ardenne University (URCA) • Doctor and Leading researcher in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology • Specialized in analysis and controlling of grape juice and wines, wine biochemistry, sensory analysis, statistics, terroir presentations, oenological general practice • 87 researches published in various international magazines and almost 50 scientific lectures during regional and international gatherings • Educator for the international contest «Effervescents du Monde» since establishment • Judge and taster for international wine contest
	Mike MAZEY	Australia	• Wine Educator and Author - MKM Language School – Wine Words Project: Release of WineWords – the world’s first comprehensive English language educational package designed for the global wine industry • Professional wine service • Judging at state and national wine competition • Presentation of wine masterclasses, seminars and wine presentations
	Fernando MIHAILESCU	Romania	•ADAR Member
	Diana PAVELESCU	Romania	• ADAR General Secretary, authorized taster • Juror in national and international wine and spirits competitions
	Richard PFISTER	Switzerland	• Expert in sensory analysis and oenology • Lector • Creator of perfumes • Juror in various international wine competitions • Journalist at Agri-weekly agricultural press and Obiectiv-wine magazine
	Tomasz PRANGE BARCZYNSKI	Poland	• Editor-in-Chief of the Polish bimonthly wine publication Magazine WINO, which he co-created with a group of wine writers in 2002 • Author of wine blog at www.magazynwino.pl • Co-operates with Meininger’s Wine Business International – international web page and magazine focused on wine business • Works as a wine consultant for several restaurants • He leads wine masterclasses and workshops for wine lovers and for professionals • TV documentary filmmaker about wine • Judge in several wine competitions
	Homero SODRE	Brazil	• 18 years in wine journalism (Wine columnist of Vinho Magazine, Jornal do Commercio Brasil, etc) • Teaching, judging and consulting for private companies and goverment agencies • FIJEV National Delegate for Brasil • Visiting Professor at Estácio de Sá University, RJ – Enology chair, Gastronomy Courses, Hotel Management Courses and lectures for the Advanced Course of Restaurants Management • Bordeaux Wines Accredited Educator, by CIVB Bordeaux
	Delia STATESCU	Romania	• ADAR member, expert taster • Chemical engineer, doctor in Oenology • Juror in national and international wine competitions
	Razvan STOENESCU	Romania	•ADAR Member •Co-founder of the wine blog vin2.ro - stories with wine •#winelover community Ambassador for Romania •Collaborator Vinul.ro – wine magazine •Initiator of the course Wine at School- Romanian varieties course
	Imre SZAKACS- ORHA	Romania	•Dip. WSET •Founder of Wine-in-Business, wine education department of ACS, first WSET Approved Programme Provider of Romania •WSET Diploma holder from Weinakademie Osterreich •First WSET Trainer of Romania •Organiser of Wine-Wine evenings, lecturer of Masterclasses on international wines and Romanian wines in the international context. •Currently teaching WSET students on levels 1, 2 and 3. •Planning to consolidate his wine education by completing the Institute of Masters of Wine courses
	Janica TOMIC	Croatia	•Work for her own family vineyard and winery - Winery Tomi?, Island Hvar, Croatia •WSET Level 4 Diploma in London in 2016 •Lecturer at Wine Academy Croatia (WSET Approved programme provider for Croatia) •Assistant professor at the University of Zagreb, Croatia •Writes for printed and online wine magazines, blogs, etc.
	Cristian TUDOR	Romania	• ADAR member, expert taster • Oenologist engineer, consultant in Dealu Mare area • Juror in national and international wine and spirits competitions
	Cosmin TUDORAN	Romania	•ADAR member •WSET level 2 •Communicator and author of the blogs www.cosmintudoran.ro, www.auskia.ro and www.instagramology.ro
	Hans WERGE	Denmark	•2010 WSET Level 3 •2014-2016 WSET Diploma level 4 •2016 WeinAkademieker - is planning to start MW academy •one of the researchers and writers of the report on Measurement of Tannins in Red Wine with Infrared Spectroscopy for a company called FOSS and their wine analysis unit - The WineScan (TM) •2011-present - Working at Lyngby Vinkælder and Juuls Engros A/S as one of it's Purchase Manager's responsible for wines selection and aquisition