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Observator OIV

OIV expert commissioner.

• Certified wine educator (CWE) which got him into the master of wine program. He finished passing and became a master of wine (MW) in 1998
• He has taught master of wine students on several continents, usually on the topic of blind wine tasting
• He has also taught sessions of grape growing, wine making and the maturation of wine
• He has taught wine classes to consumers and members of the wine trade through the Society of Wine Educators, the Institute of Masters of Wine, the Wine and Spirit Education Trust, on cruise ships and in restaurants

• Graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in History, M.A. U. of Colorado
• One of the first two Resident American MW’s (1990)
• He has written for:  THE INTERNATIONAL WINE CELLAR, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY, the L.A. TIMES, INTERNATIONAL WINE REVIEW (I-winereview.com), wineandspirits.com and his blog, WineKnowLog (www.mywineknow.com/blog)
• Co-Author: “Divine Vintage: Following the Wine Trail from Genesis to the Modern Age” (Gourmand UK Wine Book of the Year 2012)
• Partner in World of Wines/WineKnow LLC in Redmond, WA; Wine merchants & wine bar
• Board Vice-president for the North American Institute of Masters of Wine organization, and an associate member of ASOR

• Lenka comes from the Czech Republic where she studied Management and Economics
• Lenka became a Master of Wine in 2016
• She works for renowned UK wine merchant Berry Bros & Rudd as Marketing Manager for the On and Off-trade working with some of the greatest wine producers in the world
• Judge at international wine competitions
• Co-writer at The Winemonkeys blog (www.thewinemonkeys.com)