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Professional Sommelier, combined experience of 25 years in the hospitality industry. Owner „Winetaste School”, professional sommelier forming. Juror in national and international wine competitions. Wine journalist, Member of the Romanian Association of Journalists and Writers in Touris.
Jury VINARIUM 2022
22/042026
Anne-Wies has obtained the degree Registered Vinoloog of the Wine Academy® in The Netherlands, followed by successfully completing the international WSET Diploma level 4 and obtaining the title Weinakademiker with her thesis about “The Development and Future of Wine Tourism in Transylvania”.
She is about to finish her book “Romanian Wines Uncorked – and introduction to the wines of Romania”.
Anne-Wies is a member of the ‘Verenigde Vinologen Nederland’ (United Wine Specialists of The Netherlands), the Circle of Wine Writers and the FIJEV (International Federation of Wine and Spirits Journalists and Writers). In the latter, she is the representative for the Netherlands.
She passionately shares her insights and knowledge on Wine & Food on her own platform Anne-Wies.nl, and as a freelance writer on several other wine & food magazines and websites.
25/032025
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.
25/032025
Authorized taster ADAR (Association of Authorized Tasters of Romania). Viticulture, oenology and fruit growing consultant. Carries out technical viticulture and fruit growing projects.
25/032025
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.
24/032025
Oenologist, winemaking consultant, wine and spirits taster, ADAR member.
24/032025
Vice-president of ADAR for the Dobrogea area. Member of the DOC/IG/Varietal wine classification committees in the Dobrogea region. Multiple national and international juries. Managing Partner – Murfatlar Vinul Romania.
24/032025
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.
05/062022
Sales Representative. Laboratory technician at Géza Balla Winery. WSET intermediate wine knowledge course.
23/052022
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.