Jury IWCB 2017

• Gratuate Belgrad Faculty of Agriculture, Food Technology
• Tours of competitions and wine evaluations
• Individual research works at the Faculty of Agriculture – technology of winemaking
• Engineer oenologist, wine lecturer, participation in the development of scientific research papers
• Organiser of wine tastings
• Promotions, organiser and manager of wine tours
• Participation in development of wine tourism

• WSET Diploma
• wine professional and wine blogger (thegrapetraveler.com, ilovefoodwine.nl)
• wine reviewer for Vivino
• wine travel organiser for the Dutch foundation of wine professionals (Vinologen Vereniging Nederland) and private groups and last but not least hotelier in Barcelona and Rome (retrome.net)
• juror in international wine and spirit competitions

• International Management degree
• In 2010, he finished the WSET Diploma (level 4)
• Master of Wine Student
• He has one book edited about Argentine Wine (Spanish and English versions), which is now in its 4th edition and sold more than 30.000 copies
• Raul joined Direct Wine in 2008, and is now the main partner of the company Direct Wine is a small wine&spirits distribution company specialized in premium, super premium and iconic products from all over the world. Direct Wine APP for the WSET and market leader in wine education in Portugal

• Combined experience of 25 years within the food industry
• Worked as a chef in hotels and restaurants in Canada and in Japan
• Since 2006 work as a Food Chemist for wine and spirit’s quality control
• Regular on the Société des Alcools du Québec (SAQ) tasting panel for Wines, Sake and Spirits  tenders

• Budapest-based journalist and wine writer
• Since 2008, editor at the Hungarian-language wine magazine BORIGO
• In 2015 with two colleagues, founded the online wine magazine WineSofa, which writes about Central and Eastern European wines, gastronomy and touristic opportunities
• Co-author of the Hungarian-language ‘Great Hungarian Wine Atlas’ and numerous other books on wine

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.

• Chief winemaker of the Loviko Suhindol and Vinprom Svishtov wineries
• Oenology consultant, he has worked on various wine projects in Turkey, Romania and Macedonia
• Chairperson of the Bulgarian Oenologists Association, organiser of Enoforum Bulgaria (the largest oenology seminar in Bulgaria), Vinobalkanika (an international wine competition for indigenous vine variety wines), Bulgarian Wine Weekend, etc

• International fine wine, dining and hotel columnist
• Founder of Glass of Bubbly
• Christopher has experience of appearing on TV, invited speaker on radio for social media and Champagn/Sparkling Wine
• Guest blogger on many national and international blogging/news channels
• Launched and maintain several high traffic industry news channels online with varied angel investors on board to include https://www.GlassofBubbly.com
• Visited many wine regions internationally and interviewed some of the top names in worldwide wine.

• Master of Science Wine Business
• Wine Merchant, Caveau des Musignys (Chambolle-Musigny, Burgundy, France)