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Wine-journalist. Between 2001 and 2014 he was editor in chief at Connaisseur and Vinul.ro wine magazines. FIJEV member. ADAR (Romanian Authorized Wine-Tasters Association) member. WSET Level 3. Organizer of several wine competitions and wine events. “Benchmark Taster” award – Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2019. Riedel Ambassador for Romania. Marketing sales consultant.
Jury VINARIUM 2024
21/032019
ADAR Member. Co-founder of the wine blog vin2.ro – stories with wine. #winelover community Ambassador for Romania. Collaborator Vinul.ro – wine magazine. Organiser of Rose Wine Contest. Initiator of the course Wine at School- Romanian varieties course. Co-founder Winelover Romania Association.
20/032019
Certified state taster of the Republic of Moldova. Secretary General of the Oenologists Union from the Republic of Moldova. Director of ONVV (National Office for Vine and Wine of the Republic of Moldova). European sommelier ACE Member.
26/022019
ADAR Vicepresident, Dealul Mare area, expert taster. Doctor in Oenology.
26/022019
Founder (2007) and editor-in-chief Vinul.ro, the only monthly wine magazine in Romania. Organiser of hundreds events which promote local wine varieties (Vinul.ro Days, Feteasca Circle, Spring in Rosé, Autumn in Red, Summer in White etc). Journalist, blogger, activist of traditional gastronomy, coauthor of “Romanian Gastronomy in the XXIst Century”). Founder of “Revolutiei Plescoi”, a concept which wishes to bring romanian gastronomy in the public eye.
26/022019
Oenology Professor and PhD coordinator at USAMV Bucharest. Research vice-president ADAR. Expert and OIV delegate of MADR (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), oenology committee. Expert wine taster and OIV Observer. Member of Honor of International Academy of Sensory Analysis at Centro degli Studi Assagiatori.
11/052017
- 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 Tourism
18/032017
- Certified state taster of the Republic of Moldova
- Secretary General of the Oenologists Union from the Republic of Moldova
- Expert-coordinator in wine industry, National Office for Vine and Wine
- European sommelier ACE Member
23/122016
- ADAR Member
- Specialist inspector in the Territorial Inspectorate ONVPV Iasi
- Member of the wine classification commissions
18/122016
- Journalist and PR professional with 30 years experience in the global wine industry
- With his own PR agency xenos-comm he now helps wine producers especially from Eastern European countries to get better known in markets like Germany, Benelux, UK and Scandinavia
- Member of wine competitions all around the world
- Ambassador for Eastern Europe for Concours Mondial de Bruxelles
- He writes as an author for various magazines, e.g. Vinum, Meininger’s Wine Business international and others