Name: Mrs. Beatrice Bessi – Nationality: Italian – At the moment: UK Head Sommelier – Chiltern Firehouse Wine Judge – Decanter Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Did you have any particular mentors? I would say my encounter with the wine and wine industry…
Name: Mr. Arnaud Bardary – Nationality: French – At the moment: Hong Kong – Group Head Sommelier – Black Sheep Restaurants Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? Being the 5th generation of the family working in…
Name: Mr. Shahzad Talukder – Nationality: Germany – At the moment: Luxembourg – Chef Sommeliere – Lea Linster Restaurant Japanese Sake Judge at Mundus Vini Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? I was a student of Bioinformatics…
Name: Difan Xu – Nationality: Austrian – At the moment: Germany – Head Sommeliere – ZweiSinn Meiers | Bistro | Fine Dining Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? That would be around the time during hospitality school…
Name: Mircivan Bakay – Nationality: Turkish – At the moment: Hong Kong – Wine Manager at Crowne Plaza Hotel Causeway Bay Giacomo Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? Thanks for a great opportunity. I have started as…
Name: Marie Christin Baunach – Nationality: German – At the moment: Germany – Head Sommeliere Restaurant Überfahrt – 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 in the wine region Franconia in Germany, and from an…
Name: Melissa L. Smith – Nationality: American – At the moment: USA/CA – Sommeliere / Wine Consultant & Founder at Enotrias Elite Sommelier Services Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? I had moved to Napa Valley the…
Name: Francesco Marzola – Nationality: Italian – At the moment: Norway – Wine Director at Park Hotel Vossevangen – Wine Consultant / Wine Educator at click Sommelier of the year in Norway 2020 Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that…
Name: Katja Scharnagl – Nationality: Austrian – At the moment: USA-NY – Chef Sommelierr Le Bernardin NYC – Wine Consultant at Katja Consulting Website: click Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? I grew up in the Wachau valley…
Name: Tatiana Selivanova – Nationality: Russian – At the moment: Russia Head of Wine School Fort Wine School: click Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? I’ve started my wine way in 2004 as a wine consultant…