Jury 2021

Master of Wine. He worked in wine research at Agroscope in Wädenswil, then as sales manager for oenology products. After that, he worked as wine buyer for Coop, Head of the purchasing department for Bataillard, Head of Product Management wine for Denner and now as the strategic buyer for Bataillard. His independent activities include producing wine on the island of Hvar in Croatia, consulting for different wine producers in Switzerland, Spain, and Croatia. Chairman of the Maître Conseil en Vins de France 2006 – 2008 and at the wine competition La Sélection in Basel. He writes for magazines including Schweizerische Weinzeitung (www.schweizerische-weinzeitung.ch) and Vinum.

He became Master of Wine in November 2012. He is currently Chairman of the Association of Vinologists in Holland. He travelled extensively to vineyards on five continents. He is a noted wine educator in the Netherlands and runs his own independent wine consultancy and training business. Among his clients are Lallemand (Canada) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of The Netherlands. Cees has twice been named Dutch Vinologist of the Year in Holland.

Originally from the Chicago area, Robin is presently based in Lugano, Switzerland where she is working as an independent wine consultant, wine judge and educator. Following studies in French and English literature, she changed career paths in 1998 when she left her teaching position to study wine at the Université du Vin in Suze-la-Rousse in France’s Rhône Valley. She then worked as a wine specialist at Christie’s auction house in Los Angeles, California for numerous years before returning to Europe where she lived for ten years in London, spending seven of them as a fine wine buyer.

International Wine Consultant, Sommelier and founder of Enogastronomy Consulting S.p.A. Cecilia is a Chilean Geographer, who has worked with projects for small and medium-sized enterprises in the Chilean wine sector. Juror in various international wine contests and designated Chilean Wine Ambassador, creating a bridge between Chile and Europe. She also works in Wine Tourism, and is an enthusiast leader and organiser of wine & gastronomic study tours for professionals & wine lovers, mainly in Italy and Chile. Cecilia is member of the international Associations of Women and Wine; Le Donne del Vino (Italy) and Mujeres del Vino (Chile).

He was included in 2019 list of Top Wine Influencers to Follow in 2019. Luiz Alberto is a Boston based blogger & the founder of the editorial Wine Hub as well as the #WineLover online community. He uses social media to share his passion for wine. The Wine Hub features various content related to Wine & Food, Wine Tasting, etc. It has also various blogs related to wines.

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 Observer. Member of Honor of International Academy of Sensory Analysis at Centro degli Studi Assagiatori.

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

President of ADAR (Romanian Authorized Wine-Tasters Association). Oenologist engineer.

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 Republic of Moldova). European sommelier ACE Member. 

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 wine competitions and wine events. “Benchmark Taster” award – Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2019. Riedel Ambassador for Romania. Marketing sales consultant.

Graduate in communications and public relations. Author of the wines blog www.finewine.md. European Sommelier Association Member.

Oenology and Ampelography lecturer at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Iasi. Ph.D. in Oenology and Viticulture. Member of ADAR (Romanian Authorized Wine-Tasters Association).  Juror in various national and international Wine Contests.

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 of the OIV. Expert wine taster since 1997. Corresponding member of the Romanian Academy.

Researcher, university professor, habilitation for the field of Food Engineering and scientific secretary at the Food Science Department. Full member of the Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, international wine taster since 2004, participant and guest at 24 competitions until the present.

Degree from the Faculty of Horticulture at the University of Agricultural Sciences – Oenology Specialization. Professional Member of the Romanian Authorized Winetasters Association (ADAR). Member of the Wine Industry Inspection Board for the Romanian Ministry of Agriculture. Has her own consulting company Oenoconsult Com SRL.

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.

Ph.D. in oenology (Faculty of Horticulture of IANB- Bucharest). Master in Sensory Analysis of Wines at the Department of Oenology in Geisenheim. Former Senior Agricultural Officer at the Directorate for Vine and Wine of the Ministry of Agriculture of Cyprus. Former Scientific Associate at the Cyprus University of Technology – Department of Viticulture and Winemaking. Founder of the Oenophile Association of Cyprus. Founder and Honorary President of the Cyprus Sommelier Association. Member of ADAR (Association of Authorized Tasters Romania). Member of the Gastronomos Committee (Great-Taste-Awards- Cyprus).

Responsible of the “Mondial des Vins Extrêmes”. Graduated in Agricultural Sciences at the University of Turin. In 2011 he has been nominated by the Aosta Valley Autonomous Region as President of Cervim and reconfirmed for two mandates. He coordinated the organization of International Congresses on Mountain Viticulture and in Steep Slope, held in 2012 in Lyon (France), in 2017 in Conegliano (Italy) and in 2018 in Tenerife (Spain).

ADAR member, expert taster. Oenologist, university teacher, winery owner.

DipWSET and Weinakedemiker title (first from Romania) obtained at Weinakademie, Rust, Austria. He owns a master in viticulture and winemaking at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (USAMV) from Bucharest, Romania. Collaborator for wine blogs vin2.ro and viesivin.ro, member of #winelover community.

ADAR (Romanian Authorized Wine-Tasters Association) Vicepresident. Engineer in food technology. Expert Authorised wine & spirits taster. Winemaker and Wine creator. Wine consultant and winery management Advisor.

Journalist starting with 1993, he has worked in a variety of roles, mainly in newspapers but also in television, as a reporter, editor, columnist and commentator. His journey through the wine world started in a natural manner: as wine lover and collector. His love for written stories and also for fine wines led him to the decision of starting a wine blog named “Vindinpresa” but the decisive step was made in January 2011 when he got his break as a wine writer-editor of “Vinul.Ro” magazine. He gains an extensive expertise by regularly participating in wine-tasting, national and international wine fairs and festivals and being member of wine-juries . Freelancer from 2017, has opened a new editorial platform devoted to wine – winepeople.ro – and is involved in organizing the Central Park Wine Festival.

OIV Expert. Specialist inspector in the Territorial Inspectorate ONVPV Banat-Crisana. Member of the wine classification commissions. WSET Advanced Certified (Level III). Certified BTSF (international programme Better Training for Safer Food).

ADAR Member. Communicator and founder of the wine blog www.oenolog.ro. Founder of the Vademecum Wine Club. Master of Science in enology and viticulture. Organiser of several wine competitions. Communication, development and training consultant to leading Romanian companies in sectors including food, wine, spirits.

Has written for many British newspapers, including The Evening Standard (for ten years), The Financial Times, The Guardian and The Times; he is today Contributing Editor and a regular columnist for both Decanter and The World of Fine Wine, as well as Academic Advisor to the Wine Scholar Guild.  He is one of three Co-Chairs for Decanter World Wine Awards, the largest global wine competition; he is also Jury Chair of the Saperavi International wine competition, held biannually in Tblisi, Georgia, and helps judge the Latvian Wine of the Year competition held annually in Riga.  He has also broadcast extensively on wine, tea and other subjects for BBC Radio in the UK.  He leads study tours in France for the Wine Scholar Guild, and lectures on wine globally.  He has written twelve books and guides including The New France, Andrew Jefford’s Wine Course and Whisky Island (about the island of Islay).  He and his family spent 15 months in Australia between 2009 and 2010, and have since lived in Languedoc, France.

Deputy director, wine & tourism industries team leader within the Moldova Competitiveness Project (founded by USAID and Sweden). Professional Master in Law, Economics and Management of the Wine Industry, Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV University, France. General Secretary of the Association of European Sommeliers (ASE). PhD in Law. University Lecturer. Moldova State University.

Moët Hennessy Brand Ambassador for Central & Southern Europe. Wine Journalist. Among the global Top 20 of Wine Influencers in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 (socialvignerons.com). 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.

Winemaker from the Republic of Moldova. The first president of the The Moldovan Small Wine Producers Association. The founder and administrator of the first wine cellar in Chisinau.

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.

Robert Marshall is a British born wine and spirits consultant with over 15 years experience in the restaurant and service industry. He moved to Romania in 2007 and began working for a local wine producer in 2010 and during this time also studied his WSET diploma in London. Since 2016 he has worked as a freelance consultant for importers of premium drinks, and is currently a brand ambassador for Remy-Cointreau In Romania.

Owner of the Italian publishing company Eno-One, specialized in technical books focused on viticulture and oenology, she has worked for a supplier of the wine industry. Member of the FIJEV board of directors and secretary-general (Fédération Internationale des Journalistes et Écrivains du Vin et des Spiritueux). Juror in several Italian and worldwide international competitions (wine and olive oil) and teacher in wine tasting associations. Member of Women Do Wine and Associazione le Donne Del Vino.

 

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 Association of Journalists and Writers in Touris.

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 about the ‘Development and Future of Wine Tourism in Transylvania’. She is a member of the ‘Verenigde Vinologen Nederland’ (United Wine Specialists of The Netherlands) the FIJEV (International Federation of Wine and Spirits Journalists and Writers) and the Circle of Wine Writers. She passionately shares her insights and knowledge on Wine & Food on her own website Anne-Wies.nl, and as a guest writer on several other wine & food websites.

WSET advanced level 2009. Student WSET London Diploma and Wine Scholar Guild Champagne Master level. Graduated International Business Relationship- ASE Bucharest. Founder OPiA Celebrate Champagne- (www.opia.ro) events and wine blog. Creative of wine concept events for education in wine, “Around the world in a glass of wine”®. OPiA Masterclasses “ Soiree de champagne”, “ Ladies behind the bubbles of champagne”, “Romanian sparkling wines traditional method”, “Sparkling phenomenon ”. Instagram: opiacelebratechampagne

Specialist wine taster certified in 1985 (Bucharest Viticulture and Vinification Trust), re-certified at the Valea Calugărească Research Institute for Viticulture and Vinification in 1993, expert wine taster. First Vice President of the Association of Authorized Tasters in Romania (ADAR), President of the Association for Wine Culture and Civilization Millesime, and main editor of the 2001 Wine Magazine and the 2011 Millesime Magazine. Member of the Hungarian Wine Academy. Tenured professor of Oenology and Sensory Analysis in the food industry at the University of Oradea.

Vice President of ADAR (Authorized Wine Tasting Association) – Dobrogea Region. Member of the DOC/IGT/Varietal wine classification – Dobrogea. 12 years of wine cellar top-management – wine production and marketing (2004-2016). 6 years of management consultancy in wine production and sales (2016-2021). Wine juror in multiple national and international contests.

Wine critic and Editor-in-Chief of “Ferment” wine magazine. Contributor of www.winicjatywa.pl. In the wine circle since 1998, author of the wine books, translations and TV documentaries; judge in several international wine competitions.

He studied Viticulture and Oenology at the University of Udine, Italy. He did internships and worked in Valpolicella, Montalcino and Collio. He is an ONAV Authorized Taster, Italy.

After 16 years of experience in Italy, where he worked for wineries in Piemonte and Lombardia, in 1998 Fiorenzo arrived in Romania. In 2000, he discovered Negru de Dragasani in the Dragasani research station and after noticing the results, he brought the variety to Dealu Mare. Since 2008, Fiorenzo is a co-shareholder of VITIS Metamorfosis, an investment of the Antinori family in Romania.

Attracted by the culture of wine, he passed a Sommelier Certificate in 1987. In 1994 he won the International Culinary Prize “Paul Louis Messonier”. In 1990 Bruno will eventually pass the BP Sommelier diploma with highest credits, after 2 full years of studies in one of the most prized hospitality schools in France at Tain-l’Hermitage. The millenium will crown him “Maître Sommelier” of the UDSF (Union de la Sommellerie Française). He passed his “Bar and Cocktail Diploma” at Hughes Hospitality School in Surfer Paradise, Australia. As President of the Monaco Sommelier Association and Deputy Treasurer of ASI, Bruno also judged many competitions for a good dozen of years, meanwhile being named Head Sommelier of the Monte-Carlo Sporting Club, Casino and catering activities of the whole SBM resort. In 2017 he passed the WSET Level 3 Award in Wines. He obtained his ASI Certification in 2018. In 2021 he passed sake sommelier certified by the Sake sommelier association. He became the Wine referent and head of the Wine Think Tank for the Monte-Carlo SBM Resort.

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- Romanian varieties course. Co-founder Winelover Romania Association.

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

Oenologist, wine consultant, wine and spirits taster, ADAR member.

ADAR member. Communicator and author of the blogs www.cosmintudoran.ro, www.auskia.ro and www.instagramology.ro. 

His wine writer’s and wine taster’s journey began 17 years ago, thanks website Vínko.sk.  In 2008 he was one of founders magazine Vinoteka and over time become only one wine magazine in Slovakia. Now he is editor in chief winemagazin Vinoteka. Author of VinkoPRO, electronic system for evaluations of wines and promoting results of competitions.  Member of commission of ministry of agriculture for classifying wine, member of commission National Collection of Wine(TOP 100 Slovak wines), commission for classifying young Saint Catherine wines(president and sponsor), president of one of the most prestigious competitions in Slovakia, Vino Tirnavia IWC. Consultant for wine distributors in Slovakia. Experience as a judge from many international competitions.

She is currently a Buying Manager at Direct Wines, the largest direct-to-consumer wine retailer globally. Previously she has worked as a Buyer at another importer in the UK, for the Syndicate of Bordeaux wines in France, and for wineries in Australia. Over the past decade, her areas of specialty have been Spain and the countries of Central & Eastern Europe, including Romania.

Engineer. Certified taster. ADAR (Romanian Authorized Wine-Tasters Association) member. Supplier of wine-making techniques. Consultancy in vineyard management. Wine producer.

ADAR (Romanian Authorized Wine-Tasters Association) member.

ADAR (Romanian Authorized Wine-Tasters Association) member.

Authorised ADAR (Romanian Authorized Wine-Tasters Association) wine taster. Viticulture, oenology and fruit growing consultant. Develops viticulture and fruit growing technical projects.