Name: Juan Manuel Terceno Macho Nationality: Spanish At the moment: Spain Sommelier Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? I started to be interested in wine when I started to work as a waiter in 1998, collaborating to…
Name: Carlos Alberto Medina Dorta Nationality: Spanish At the moment: Spain – Canary Islands Sommelier Website: WoWi Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? Despite I’m from Canary Islands, a vergel of pre phylloxera vines and volcanic soil,…
Name: Juan Luis Garcia Ruiz Nationality: Spanish At the moment: Spain Sommelier Website: www.juanluisgarcia.es Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? When I was doing my secondary school I used to work on weekends as a waiter…
Name: Carlos Schölderle Nationality: Uruguayans At the moment: Spain Sommelier, Wine Blogger Website: www.vinummedia.com 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 with my grandfather and the whole family treading the grapes and…
Name: Jacopo Focacci Nationality: Italian At the moment: Spain Independent Wine Consultant Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? We can say that I’m almost born into the wine world ! My family are the owner of a…
Name: Xoel Cantero Alvarez Nationality: Spanish At the moment: United Kingdom Sommelier Prerequisite: Please, tell us a little bit about your first encounter with wine & the wine industry? Any particular mentors at that time? I have been in the restaurant industry for the past six years. I’m relatively new to wine as…
Name: Nacho Ribera Nationality: Catalan (Spanish) At the moment: Brazil Head Sommelier & Wine Consultant 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, (serious encounter) it was when I was 20’s and I lived…