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2019 Featured Master Sommeliers
David Yoshida
Master SommelierDavid Yoshida first got started in the wine profession while in graduate school, finagling a position teaching Yale’s wine classes. After a brief time …
Read moreMichael Jordan, MS, CWE
Director of Global Key Accounts, Jackson Family Fine WinesVeteran Restaurateur and “Sommelier for the People” Michael Jordan is Director of Global Key Accounts for Jackson Family Fine Wines. Jordan also chair …
Read morePat Okubo, MS
Young’s Market HawaiiOne 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 …
Read more2019 Featured Panelists
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