2019 Featured Master Sommeliers
Christian Pendleton
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]Sunday Champagne Brunch at Brennan’s
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David Long
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]Family Tree – Scions of Family Wineries
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David Yoshida
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]David Yoshida first got started in the wine profession while in graduate school, finagling a position teaching Yale’s wine classes. After a brief time …
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Doug Hill
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]Family Tree – Scions of Family Wineries
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Enikő Magyar
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]France, Italy and Hungary – International Wine Seminar & Tasting
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James Hall
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]World Famous Pinot Noir Wine Seminar & Tasting Cooking Demonstration with Celebrity Chef Hubert Keller
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James Ontiveros
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]“Sand & Fog” Santa Maria Valley Wine Seminar & Tasting
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Jeff Mangahas
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]World Famous Pinot Noir Wine Seminar & Tasting Cooking Demonstration Celebrity Chefs Nancy Silverton & Nancy Oakes
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Jeff Stewart
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]World Famous Pinot Noir Wine Seminar & Tasting
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Jessie “JABS” Birschbach
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]France, Italy and Hungary – International Wine Seminar & Tasting
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Jill Russell
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]“Sand & Fog” Santa Maria Valley Wine Seminar & Tasting
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Jonathan Nagy
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]“Sand & Fog” Santa Maria Valley Wine Seminar & Tasting
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Kristina Sazama
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]France, Italy and Hungary – International Wine Seminar & Tasting
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Lars Leicht
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]France, Italy and Hungary – International Wine Seminar & Tasting
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Laura Long
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]Family Tree – Scions of Family Wineries
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Manny Pires
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]“Let’s Be Franc!” – World Cabernet Franc Wine Seminar & Tasting
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Marcus Notaro
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]Cooking Demonstration with Celebrity Chef Hubert Keller
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Michael Browne
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]World Famous Pinot Noir Wine Seminar & Tasting
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Michael Jordan, MS, CWE
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]Veteran Restaurateur and “Sommelier for the People” Michael Jordan is Director of Global Key Accounts for Jackson Family Fine Wines. Jordan also chair …
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Nico Cueva
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]World Famous Pinot Noir Wine Seminar & Tasting
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Pam Starr
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]“Let’s Be Franc!” – World Cabernet Franc Wine Seminar & Tasting
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Pat Okubo, MS
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]One of just 236 Master Sommeliers in the world, Patrick Okubo passed the exam on his 29th birthday in July 2011—making him one youngest to achieve the …
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Raj Patel
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]“Let’s Be Franc!” – World Cabernet Franc Wine Seminar & Tasting
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Rob Bigelow, MS
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]Rob founded Free Solo Beverage Consultants in December 2018, offering his experience and expertise in every facet of the three tier system to the trad …
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Ryan Hill
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]Family Tree – Scions of Family Wineries
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Tyler Thomas
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]Sta. Rita Hills AVA/ California Cabernet Sauvignon
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Wes Hagan
[types field=’employed-at-guest’][/types]“Sand & Fog” Santa Maria Valley Wine Seminar & Tasting
Read more2019 Featured Panelists
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Richie Allen
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California Cabernet Sauvignon
Rich Aurilia
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“Wine World of Sports”
Rob Bigelow, MS
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Rob founded Free Solo Beverage Consultants in December 2018, offering his experience and expertise in every facet of the three tier system to the trad …
Anne-Charlotte Bachas
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Grenache with Panache
Greg Brewer
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Sta. Rita Hills AVA
Roberto Damonte
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La Bella Italia
Ted Edwards
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California Cabernet Sauvignon
Vince Ferragamo
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“Wine World of Sports”
Jim Fox
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“Wine World of Sports”
Theresa Heredia
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Petaluma Gap AVA
Laely Heron
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Grenache with Panache
Christophe Jadot
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Grand Tasting
Christopher Klapp
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Grand Tasting
Richard Longoria
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Sta. Rita Hills AVA
Chandra Lucariello
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Festival Mixologist
Christian Pendleton
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Sunday Champagne Brunch at Brennan’s
Ryan Prichard
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Petaluma Gap AVA
Giorgio Rivetti
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La Bella Italia
Richard Sanford
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Sta. Rita Hills AVA
Fred Scherrer
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California Cabernet Sauvignon
Mikael Sigouin
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Grenache with Panache
Mike Sullivan
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Grenache with Panache
Julien Teichmann
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Petaluma Gap AVA
Tyler Thomas
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Sta. Rita Hills AVA/ California Cabernet Sauvignon
Rickey Trombetta
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Petaluma Gap AVA
David Yoshida
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David Yoshida first got started in the wine profession while in graduate school, finagling a position teaching Yale’s wine classes. After a brief time …