Name: Joacim Sjövall – Nationality: Swedish – At the moment: Sweden Sommeliere / Wine Consultant www.sommeliern.se www.svensktvin.se Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? My first encounter with wine was actually a quite funny one, I tried to store…
Name: Adriana Valentini – Nationality: Italian – At the moment: United Kingdom Head of Beverage / Head Sommeliere / Wine Judge Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? I was born and raised in Milan, Northern Italy, and I…
Name: Peter Kaiser-Ladinig – Nationality: Austrian – At the moment: Austria Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? I was 15 when I start my education to become a professional cook & waiter. Our Maitre showed me how to…
Name: Zoltan Szabo – Nationality: Romania – At the moment: Canada – Link: click – Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? Well, that was long ago, after military service, friends and I going to the local…
Name: Edmund Liew – Nationality: Malaysian At the moment: Finland Wine Director Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Did you have any particular mentors? I started to be more actively involved in the wine business in 2006 in a wine bar called Vintry…
Name: Dorianne Neimard Nationality: French At the moment: London Wine Manager Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? I was about 18 years old I was in Alsace and I tried some Riesling and some vendanges Tardives Gewürztraminer…
Name: Anne Krebiehl Nationality: German At the moment: London Master of Wine, Wine Writer & Lecturer Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? I came into the wine world as a kind of ‘refugee’ from a different career:…
Name: Romana Echensperger Nationality: German At the moment: Germany Master of Wine – Wine Consultant and Journalist Interesting link: click Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? It all started with my apprenticeship at Königshof Hotel in Munich.…
Name: Loïk Tavernier Nationality: French At the moment: Switzerland (Suisse) Chef sommelier, Sales Manager Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Anyparticular mentors at that time? I got my sommelier diploma in 2002 and I started my career in the five star hotel Dromoland Castle in…
Name: Anne McHale – Nationality: British – At the moment: UK – Master of Wine – Wine Consultant & Educator – Interesting link: click or on linkedin: click Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? My love of…