
Arina ANTOCE
ROMANIA
Oenology Professor and PhD coordinator at USAMV Bucharest. Research vice-president ADAR. Expert and OIV delegate of MADR (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), oenology committee. Expert wine taster and OIV...

Cornel BANIȚĂ
ROMANIA
Engineer. Graduate of the Faculty of Horticulture at USAMV Bucharest, graduate of the Master's program in Vitivinicultural Performance Technologies, Management and Marketing. Ph.D. student - currently at the same university...

Mihai BANITA
ROMANIA
ADAR member Oenologist engineer Juror in national and international wine competitions

Petre BADEA
ROMANIA
ADAR Vicepresident, Dealul Mare area, expert taster. Doctor in Oenology.

Davide BORTONE
ITALY
Award-winning Italian journalist and wine critic based in Milan, editor-in-chief of Winemag.it - one of the most widely read Italian wine magazines - and contributor to Wine-Searcher. He is a judge and panel...

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...

Elizaveta BREAHNA
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Certified state taster of the Republic of Moldova Secretary General of the Oenologists Union from the Republic of Moldova Expert-coordinator in wine industry, National Office for Vine and Wine European...

Elizaveta BREAHNĂ
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Certified state taster of the Republic of Moldova. Secretary General of the Oenologists Union from the Republic of Moldova. Director of ONVV (National Office for Vine and Wine of the...

Valentin CEAFALĂU
Romania
Wine-journalist. Between 2001 and 2014 he was editor in chief at Connaisseur and Vinul.ro wine magazines. FIJEV member. ADAR (Romanian Authorized Wine-Tasters Association) member. WSET Level 3. Organizer of several...

Andrei CIBOTARU
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Journalist with over 20 years of experience, of which the last 10 years have been specialized in wines. He is the founder of the first wine blog in the Republic...

Cintia COLIBABA
ROMANIA
Teaching staff (Oenology and Ampelography disciplines) at USAMV Iași. Doctor in viticulture and oenology. Member of ADAR (Association of Authorized Tasters of Romania). Jury member at various national and international...

Valeriu V. COTEA
ROMANIA
Professor at University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Iași. Scientific Secretary of the OIV Oenology Commission. OIV taster and delegate to numerous international wine competitions under the auspices...

Lorena DEACONU
ROMANIA
Graduated from the Faculty of Horticulture of the University of Agricultural Sciences - Oenology Specialization. Member of the Association of Authorized Wine Tasters of Romania (ADAR). Member of the Inspection...

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...

Andreas EMMANOUIL
CIPRU
PhD in Oenology (Faculty of Horticulture of IANB- Bucharest). Master in Sensory Analysis of Wines at the Department of Oenology of Geisenheim. Former Senior Agricultural Officer at the Directorate for...

Mar GALVÁN ROMERO
Spain
Oenologist, sommelier, and expert in sensory analysis. Analyst of Perishable Agricultural Food Products. Technician in Food Safety. Writer and poet, with three books published to date. Qualified Educator in Spanish...

Liviu GHEORGHE
ROMANIA
DipWSET and Weinakademiker (the first Weinakademiker in Romania) obtained at Weinakademi Rust, Austria. Master graduate USAMV Bucharest. Wine enthusiast, collaborator of the blogs vin2.ro, vieivin.ro, member of the #winelover association.

Liviu GRIGORICĂ
ROMANIA
Vice President of ADAR (Association of Authorized Taster of Romania). Food Technology Engineer. Expert Wine and Spirits Taster. Winemaker and Wine Creator. Wine and Winery Management Consultant.

Cezar IOAN
Romania
Founder (2007) and editor-in-chief Vinul.ro, the only monthly wine magazine in Romania. Organiser of hundreds events which promote local wine varieties (Vinul.ro Days, Feteasca Circle, Spring in Rosé, Autumn in...

Junko IWAMOTO
JAPAN
Member of FIJEV. Freelance journalist since 1998, currently writes for the Japanese news agency "Kyodo News", the wine magazine "Winart", the Japanese newspaper in Germany "Doitsu News Digest" and others....

Neslihan IVIT
Republic of Türkiye
Neslihan Ivit is the Head of Unit Oenology and Methods of Analysis at the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV). She manages the OIV's scientific and standardization activities within...

Guenhaël KESSLER
FRANCE
Consulting oenologist for IOC (Institut Oenologique de Champagne) in the southern Rhône Valley since 2000. Juror in several international and national wine tasting competitions.

Pasi KETOLAINEN MW
FINLAND
Master of Wine (since 2020) holds also an BSc in hospitality management and an MBA. After a career as a sommelier with award of the best restaurant wine list in...

Aurika KROITOR
GEORGIA
Commercial Director at Vaziani Company LTD. International wine judge, Georgian Wine Ambassador.

Diana LAZĂR
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Deputy Director, Team Leader for the Wine Industry and Tourism in the Moldova Competitiveness Project (USAID and the Government of Sweden). MP in Law, Economics and Management of the Wine...

Alin LĂZĂRESCU
ROMANIA
Oenologist Engineer with over 25 years of experience in the wine industry. ADAR member and authorized wine taster. He has worked with and for global wine brands/producers: Antinori, Taittinger, Gallo,...

Judith LEWIS
CANADA/UK
Judith is a seated member of the WBA think tank which seeks to assist in realising the digitisation of the wine sector. Judith is a board member of the Academy...

Sergiu NEDELEA
ROMANIA
Professional Sommelier, combined experience of 25 years in the hospitality industry Owner „Winetaste School”, professional sommelier forming Juror in national and international wine competitions Wine journalist, Member of the Romanian...

Aina Mee MYHRE MW
Norway
She has been a Master of Wine since 2017. She lives in Oslo, Norway. She started working in the wine business in 2005 for Pernod Ricard and continued to work...

Anne-Wies van OOSTEN
NETHERLANDS
Anne-Wies has obtained the degree Register Vinoloog of the Wine Academy® in The Netherlands, followed by successfully completing the international WSET Diploma level 4 and obtaining the title Weinakademiker with her thesis...

Traian PETREA
ROMANIA
ADAR Member Specialist inspector in the Territorial Inspectorate ONVPV Iasi Member of the wine classification commissions

Richard PFISTER
SWITZERLAND
Scientific Secretary of the OIV Award Jury. Engineer in oenology and viticulture. Perfume creator. International lecturer and oenology consultant. Oenology, tasting and sensory analysis professor in Changins Engineer School, University...

Anca POIANĂ MARTINS
PORTUGAL
Has a specialization in Physical-Chemical Analysis Laboratory Techniques. In 2011, she finished the Environmental Engineering degree. She has a Master's in Viticulture and Enology Engineering / Vinifera Euromaster, from Instituto...

Cosmin POPESCU
ROMANIA
Vice-president of ADAR for the Dobrogea area. Member of the DOC/IG/Varietal wine classification committees in the Dobrogea region. 12 years of top-management in wine cellars - wine production and marketing...

Mihai Popescu
CANADA
Mihai Popescu is an experienced wine professional with a WSET Level 4 diploma and four years of experience as a juror at Sélections Mondiales des Vins Canada. Mihai co-founded the...

Janna RIJPMA-MEPPELINK
NETHERLANDS
Wine Woman of the Year in 2024! Since 1996 she is a registered Vinoloog (Certified Wine Expert) of the The Dutch Wine Academy and member of the United Wine Specialists...

Jorge SAMPAIO
Portugal
Vice-President of the City of Anadia. President of the wine route of the Bairrada region, from 2006 to 2021, currently President of the Wine Routes of Portugal and President of...

Răzvan 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. Organiser of Rose Wine Contest. Initiator of the course Wine at School-...

Cristian TUDOR
ROMANIA
Oenologist, winemaking consultant, wine and spirits taster, ADAR member.

Marian TIMOFTI
ROMANIA
Professional Sommelier (Italian Sommelier Assoc.) President of OSR 2011 -Romanian Sommeliers Organization.

Christopher WALKEY
United Kingdom
Founder of GlassofBubbly.com and ChampagneCollectors.com, Christopher has spent the last ten years as a wine professional helping to discover and sharing his passion for amazing sparkling wines from across the...

Oliver WALKEY
UK
Sparkling Wine Consultant and Director of Glass of Bubbly.
Technical Panel

Nini ANDONE
ROMANIA
Engineer. Authorized taster member of ADAR (Association of Authorized Tasters of Romania). Supplier of winemaking technology. Consultancy in the management of vineyard plantations. Wine producer.

Măriuca BUCA
ROMANIA
Student of the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Faculty of Horticulture and of Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Faculty of Agrifood and Environmental Economics

Adrian DOLGHIN
ROMANIA
Experienced winemaker and an enthusiastic supporter of Romanian Wine culture, Adrian Dolghin dedicated his career of almost 20 years to quality wines and continuous development of this industry. ADAR (Association...

Octavian FIRU
ROMANIA
Member of ADAR (Association of Authorized Tasters in Romania).

Iulian GRIGORESCU
ROMANIA
Certified ADAR taster, sommelier, liquor store manager. Experience in HORECA.

Paul MIHĂILESCU
ROMANIA
Winemaker. Student in the Master's degree in Winemaking Technologies at the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest.

Carmina NITESCU
ROMANIA
Coming from tourism industry where she has been working since 2006, Carmina discovered wine during her travels around the world and decided to study it. She holds WSET Level 3...

Adrian NEAGU
ROMANIA
Engineer. Graduate of the Faculty of Horticulture from USAMV Bucharest, 2018. Assistant winemaker at The Iconic Estate (2018-2021), currently Oenologist Engineer at Domeniile Valea Calugareasca. ADAR Member (Association of Authorized...

Viorica OMBUN
ROMANIA
Sommelier

Gabriela PETREA
ROMANIA
Graduate of the Faculty of Horticulture of the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Iași. Doctor in the specialization of Viticulture-Oenology. Member of the Association of Authorized Tasters...

Alfred ȘTEFAN
ROMANIA
Authorized taster ADAR (Association of Authorized Tasters of Romania). Viticulture, oenology and fruit growing consultant. Carries out technical viticulture and fruit growing projects.

Nelu STOIAN DEACONU
ROMANIA
Co-owner OENOCONSULT COM – wine and wine consultancy