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Agostinho Peixoto, is from the city of Braga, Northern Portugal. He graduated in Tourism, Postgraduate in “Local and Regional Development”, MBA in Tourism Destination Management. He teaches at several professional and higher education establishments in the areas of Tourism, Gastronomy and Wine. He is a “Madeira Wine Educator”, “Certified Port Educator”. He is also, trainer certified by the Portuguese Institute of Employment and Vocational Training. He is coordinator of the Gastronomy and Wines department of the Regional Tourism Entity of Porto and Northern of Portugal, where he operates. He is a judge in several national and international wine competitions. He writes for the largest wine magazine in Portugal – “Vinho Grandes Escolhas” – about WineTourism. He writes about Tourism, Gastronomy and Wines for “O Escanção” Magazine. He is President of the Abade Gastronomic Brotherhood. He is a member of the Marketing Council of the Trás-os-Montes Wine Commission. He specializes in Wines and mainly in Sparkling Wines. He is also Vice President of the World Organization of Tourism Professionals. He is above all passionate about life, Wine, Gastronomy and Tourism.
Jury VINARIUM 2022
Authorized taster ADAR (Association of Authorized Tasters of Romania). Viticulture, oenology and fruit growing consultant. Carries out technical viticulture and fruit growing projects.
Engineer. Authorized taster member of ADAR (Association of Authorized Tasters of Romania). Supplier of winemaking technology. Consultancy in the management of vineyard plantations. Wine producer.
Oenologist, winemaking consultant, wine and spirits taster, ADAR member.
Vice-president of ADAR for the Dobrogea area. Member of the DOC/IG/Varietal wine classification committees in the Dobrogea region. 12 years of top-management in wine cellars – wine production and marketing (2004-2016). 6 years of management consultancy for wine production-marketing (2016-2021). Multiple national and international juries.
Scientific Secretary of the OIV Award Jury. Engineer in oenology and viticulture. Perfume creator. International lecturer and oenology consultant. Oenology, tasting and sensory analysis professor in Changins Engineer School, University of Bordeaux. Author of the book Les Parfums du Vin (awarded by the OIV in 2015). Juror in several international and national wine tasting competitions. Member of the Board of Trustees of the Fondation Internationale des Sciences et Culture de la Vigne et du Vin (FISCVV). Renewable energy entrepreneur.
OIV Observer for VINARIUM 2025.
Sales Representative. Laboratory technician at Géza Balla Winery. WSET intermediate wine knowledge course.
ADAR member. Over 20 years experience in the wine industry as a national sales manager.
She studied viticulture and oenology in Budapest and has a Master degree in plant protection. After being an intern in several foreign wine regions, she settled down in Szekszárd wine region Hungary as head winemaker in Szeleshát Estate.
She made her entrance in the wine world 7 years ago. She graduated a sommelier course, WSET 1, 2 and 3, a initiation course in wine tasting organized by ADAR and a master in Vinification and Wine marketing at USAMVB. She is the wine curator that organizes and leads specialized wine and spirits auctions for Artmark Auction House, she is the wine teacher for DallesGo and founder of Vinoriunde, a company that organizes wine tastings and workshops for companies. Mirela is one of the 12 wine bloggers that wrote The Winelover guide for the best 100 Romanian wines, published by Vinul.ro.