Kapalua Wine and Food Festival
Past Panelists and Participants

• Hugh Acheson – Chef
• David Adelsheim – Adelsheim Vineyard
• Curtis Aikens – Food Network
• Chef Nunzio Alloto – Alloto’s Restaurant
• Serafin Alvarado, MS – Southern Wine and Spirits, IL
• Nancy Andrus – Archery Summit
• Bill Arbios – Winemaker, Arbios Cellars
• Rich Aurilia – Red Stitch Wine
• Ted Balestreri – Sardine Factory Restaurant
• Bo Barrett – Chateau Montelena Winery
• Heidi Peterson Barrett – La Sirena
• Sarah Bennett – Ecologist Researcher, Navarro Vineyards
• Dan Berger – Wine Journalist
• Josh Bergstrom – Winemaker, Bergstrom Winery
• Mark Beringer – Duckhorn Wine Company
• Bob Bertheau – Chateau Ste. Michelle
• Richard Betts, MS – Montanga at The Little Nell
• Brian Bicknell – Mahi Wine
• Rob Bigelow, MS – Chateau Ste. Michelle Wine Estates
• Shayn Bjornholm, MS – Director of Wine Education, Washington Wine Commission
• John Blazon, MS – Manager Wine and Sales Standards, Walt Disney World
• Pio Boffa – Pio Cesare Winery
• Rick Bonitati – President, La Crema Winery
• Robin Booth – Western Reg Mgr, Kautz Family Vineyards
• Gerald Boyd – Wine Journalist
• Greg Brewer – Owner, Brewer-Clifton Winery
• Heidi Bridenhagen – MacRostie Winery and Vineyards
• Janie Brooks-Heuck – General Manager, Brooks Winery
• Jamie Brown – Winemaker, Waters Winery
• Michael Browne – Winemaker, Kosta Browne
• Oliver Brun – Perrier Jouet Estate
• Stuart Bryan – National Sales Director, Pride Mountain Wines
• Suzanne Bryan-Pride – Owner, Pride Mountain Wines
• Guy Buffet – Artist
• George Bursick – Ferrari Carano
• Bob Cabral – Winemaker, Williams Selyem Winery
• Aaron Cahn-Bennett – Co-Owner, Navarro Vineyards
• Chris Carpenter – Winemaker, Lokoya/La Jota Wineries
• Gavin Chanin – Chanin Wine
• Blakesley Chappellet – Executive Director, Guild of Sommeliers Education Foundation
• Cyril Chappellet – Owner, Chappellet Vineyard & Winery
• Chef Sam Choy – Sam Choy’s
• Chef Mary Clarke – Instructor, Le Cordon Bleu
• Jim Clendenen – Au Bon Climat Winery
• Jann Cotter, CWE – Jackson Family Wines
• Eileen Crane – Domaine Carneros
• Brian Cronin, MS – Jackson Family Wine Estate – The Spire Collection
• Michael Crumly – Gloria Ferrer Champagne Caves
• Fred Dame, MS
• Narsai David – Wine Journalist
• Rob Davis – Winemaker, Jordan Vineyard & Winery
• Dale DeGroff – Master Mixologist
• Matt Dees – Jonata
• Bryan Del Bondio – Markham Vineyards
• Brandon deLeuze – Zd Wines
• Robert deLeuze – Zd Wines
• Anthony Dias Blue – Wine Columnist, Bon Appétit
• Susan Doyle – Winemaker, MacMurray Ranch Winery
• Celestino Drago – Orago Ristorante & Bar
• Dan Duckhorn – Duckhorn Vineyards
• Dawnine Dyer – Winemaker/Proprietor, Meteor Vineyard
• Jack Edwards – Director of Sales, Miner Family Vineyards
• Merry Edwards – Merry Edwards Wines
• Ted Edwards – Freemark Abbey
• Dick Erath – Erath Vineyards
• Vince Ferragamo – Tenuta di Ferragamo
• Chris Figgins – Winemaker, Leonetti Cellar
• Doug Fletcher – Chimney Rock Winery
• Jay Fletcher, MS – Director of Fine Wines, Southern Wine & Spirits of Colorado
• Sara Floyd, MS – National Sales Manager, Fine Estates from Spain
• Caleb Foster – Owner/Winemaker, Buty Winery
• Greg Fowler – Franciscan Estates
• Sara Fowler – Peju
• Doug Frost – Strong Water
• Chuck Furuya, MS – DK Restaurants
• Bev Gannon – Chef/Owner, Hali’imaile General Store, Joe’s Bar & Grill
• Jeff Gargiulo – Gargiulo Vineyards
• Chef Scott Giambastiani – Google, Inc.
• Sara Gorr – National Sales Manager, Cliff Lede Vineyards
  
• Elizabeth Grant-Douglas – La Crema Winery
• Simon Graves – Winemaker, Penfolds Estate
• Suzette Gresham – Acquerello
• Mike & Violet Grgich – Grgich Hills Winery
• Paul Grieco – Owner, Hearth, Insieme and Terrior
• Daryl Groom – Groom Wine
• Craig Erasmus – Amisfield
• Trey Fletcher – Bien Nacido Vineyards
• Warren Gibson – Trinity Hill
• James Hall – Owner/Winemaker, Patz & Hall Wine Co.
• Greg Harrington, MS – Owner/Winemaker of Gramercy
• Laely Heron – Heron Wines
• Christopher Howell – Cain Vineyard & Winery
• Christopher Hyde – Hyde Vineyards
• Larry Hyde – Hyde Vineyards
• Andrea Immer, MS – Author
• Jay James – Vintrust
• Steve Jenkins – Master Cheesemonger
• Josh Jensen – Calera Wine Company
• Tom Jinks – Owner, Robinson Family Vineyards
• Eric Johannsen – Carneros Hill & Champ de Reves
• Michael Jordan, MS, CWE – Owner/Word Wines; Jackson Family Wines
  
• Chef J. Joho – Proprietor of Everest, Brasserir Jo, Effiel Tower Restaurant
• Brian Julyan, MS – Author
• Chef Pano Karatassos – Owner/President, Buckhead Life Restaurant Group

• Stephen Kautz – President, Kautz Family Vineyards
  
• Eugenia Keegan – Gran Moraine
• Scott Kelley – Winemaker, Estancia Winery
• Karen King – Sommelier
• Mia Klein – Selene Wines
• Nate Klostermann – Argyle Winery
• DK Kodama – Owner/Chef, DK Restaurants
• Dan Kosta – Partner, Kosta Browne Winery
• Greg La Follette – Winemaker, Tandem Winery
• Ron Lachini – Owner, Lachini Vineyards
• David Lake, MS – Winemaker, Columbia Winery
• Matt Lane – Director of Wine Education, Foster’s Wine Estates – Americas
• Olivier LeBret – Baron Philippe de Rothschild
• Adam Lee – Winemaker, Siduri Winery
• Norman & Rosa Lee de Leuze – ZD Vineyards
• Ted Lemon – Winemaker/Littorai Wines
• Greg Lill – Owner/Partner, DeLille Cellars
• Tony Lombardi – Public Relations Director, Ascentia Wine Estates
• David Long – David Arthur Vineyards
• Haysley MacDonald – Te Pā Wines
• Pax Mahle – Winemaker/Pax Wine Cellars
• Louis Martini – Winemaker/Louis M. Martini Winery
• Michael Martini – Owner/Winemaker, Louis M. Martini
• Chef Robert McGrath – Proprietor, Restaurant REM
• Meridith May – The Tasting Panel/The Somm Journal
• Michele Mazza – Chef – Il Mulino
• Tim Meinken – Winemaker/Owner, Sapphire Hill Winery
• Phillipe Melka – Winemaker, Melka Wines
• Allen and Jill Methven – Owners, Methven Family Vineyards
• Michael Mina – Chef/Partner, Michael Mina San Francisco, Michael Mina Bellagio, Nobhill, Seablue, Arcadia
• Anne Moller-Racke – The Donum Estate
• Carlo Mondavi – Continuum
• Marc Mondavi – Winemaker, Charles Krug Winery
• Robert Mondavi – Mondavi Winery
• Tim Mondavi – Continuum
• Luc Morlet – Owner/Winemaker, Morlet Family Vineyards
• Jean-Philippe Moullin – Ruinart Champagne
• Mark Neal – Owner, Neal Family Vineyards
• Marcus Notaro – Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars
• Mike Officer – Winemaker, Carlisle Winery
• Chef Bradely Ogden
• Patrick Okubo, MS – Young’s Market Hawaii
• Damon Ornowski, MS – North American Wine Director, Heathcote Estate and Yabby Lake Wineries
• Steve Osborn – Winemaker, D’Arenberg Winery
• Chef Frank Ostini – Chef/Owner The Hitching Post Restaurant
• Chef Charlie Palmer – Hospitality Entrepreneur, Chef, Hotelier
• Rajat Parr – Domaine de la Côte
• Donald Patz – Owner/Winemaker, Patz & Hall Wine Co
• Andy Peay – Owner/Winemaker, Peay Vineyards
• Jean-Francois Pellet – Winemaker, Pepper Bridge Winery
• Virginia Philip, MS – The Breakers Hotel
• Nick Pina – Western Regional Manager, BR Cohn
• Gary Pisoni – Wine Grape Grower, Pisoni Vineyards
• Vincent Price – Celebrity Guest
• Stephanie Putman – Winemaker, Far Niente Winery
• David Ramey – Owner/Winemaker, Ramey Wine Cellars
• Susan Reed – Winemaker, Gary Farrell Wines
• Steve Reynolds – Owner, Reynolds Family Winery
• Donn Riesen – President, Ridge Vineyards
• David Rosengarten – Food Network
• Tony Rynders – Winemaker, Domaine Serene
• Ed Sbragia – Winemaker, Beringer Vineyards
• Fred & Judi Scherrer – Owners, Scherrer Winery
• Michael Scholz – Winemaker, Wattle Creek Winery
• Mikael Sigouin – Kaena
• Chef Julian Serrano – Picasso Restaurant
• William Sherer, MS – Aureole Resaurant at Mandalay Bay
• Alpana Singh, MS – Everset
• Robert Sinskey – Owner, Robert Sinskey Vineyards
• Robert Smith, MS – Picasso Restaurant
• Justin Smith – Winemaker, Saxum Vineyards
• Joe Spellman, MS – Justin Vineyards & Winery
• Alice Sprouse – Ramey Wine Cellars
• Melissa Stackhouse – Winemaker, La Crema Winery
• Pam Starr – Crocker & Starr
• Laurence Sterling – Owner, Iron Horse Vineyards
• Jeff Stewart – Hartford Family Winery
• Larry Stone, MS – General Manager, Rubicon Estate
• Rodney Strong – Owner, Rodney Strong Vineyards
• Bobby Stuckey, MS
• Mike Sullivan – Benovia Winery
• Chef Andrew Sutton – Napa Rose
• Chef Mark Tarbell – Tarbell’S Restaurant
• Mark Tarlov – Chapter 24
• Michael Terrien – Winemaker/General Manager, Hanzell
• Kent Torrey – President and CEO, The Cheese Shop
• Chef Jeremiah Tower – Inventor of Californian Cuisine
• Alex Trebek – Celebrity Guest
• Matt Trevisan – Linne Calodo
• Chef Ming Tsai – Celebrity Chef, Blue Ginger
• Roberto Viernes, MS – Southern Wine & Spirits of HI
• Joseph Wagner – Winemaker, Bella Glos Winery
• Joseph Ward – Wine Columnist, Conde’ Nast Traveler
• Graham Weerts – Winemaker, Stonestreet Winery
• Carolyn Wente – Owner, Wente Vineyards
• Craig Williams – Joseph Phelps Vineyards
  
• Emily Wines, MS – Corporate Wine Director, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
• Chef Alan Wong – Alan Wong’s Restaurant
• Justin Wylie – Winemaker, Va Piano Vineyards
• Francois Xavier Villeneuve – Champagne Laurent-Perrier
• Chef Roy Yamaguchi – Roy’s Restaurants

Maui Restaurants and Chefs

• Lloyd Aoki – Honolua Store
• Gemsley Balagso – Star Noodle
• Robert Barrera – Pineapple Grill
• Jake Belmonte – Maui Culinary Academy
• Mark Ellman – Mala / Honu / Frida’s
• Paul Goodwin – Pacific’o
• Greg Harrison – Morimoto Maui
• Wesley Holder – Roy’s Restaurant
• Lyndon Honda – Laulima Events & Catering/Advisor Maui Culinary Academy
• Gary Johnson – Joe’s Nuevo Latino
• Kurt Lesmerises – Makena Beach Restaurant
• Mike Lofaro – Humuhumunukunukuapua‘a

• Peter Merriman – Chef/Owner Merriman’s Restaurants
• Francois Milliet – Pailolo Bar & Grill
• Kaipo Nakata – Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar
• Charlie Owen – Hula Grill
• Zach Sato – Merriman’s Kapalua
• Kenny Sniffen – The Banyan Tree
• Mitzi Toro – The Maui Cookie Lady
• Jojo Vasquez – The Plantation House
• Rob Wilson – Montage Hotels & Resorts
• Sheldon Simeon – Migrant
• Gevin Utrillo – Japengo