Super Early
Bird Ends
February 10, 2021
Warehouse
Closes
July 5, 2021
Judging
Date
July 26, 2021
The Judges
Dejah S. Overby
Wine and Spirits Specialist at K&L Wine Merchants and CS, CSWS, WSET ll
Mikayla Avedisian-Cohen
Wine Director/General Manager at Crenn Dining Group - Petit Crenn
Marc Batlin
Wine Specialist at Costco
Jeff Berlin
Restaurant Manager / Wine & Spirits Buyer at A Cote Restaurant
Thomas Brenner
Sommelier and Wine buyer, Parcel 104, Marriott Intl, Santa Clara, CA
Andrew Browne
Sommelier at Restaurant Gary Danko
Rachel Candelaria
General Manager and Sommelier at Michelin-Starred and Wine Spectator "Grand Award" Recipient Restaurant
Marc Capobianco
Wine Program Director at Sostevinobile
Mauro Cirilli
Wine & Beverage Director for Press Club and Schroeder's
Chappy Cottrell
Award Winning Wine Director | Certified Sommelier | Wine Podcast Host
Olga Crawford MW
Master of Wine
Lenka Davis
Wine Director at Barbareño Restaurant
Eduardo Dingler
VP of Wine at Wine Access
Anthony Donahue
Lead Sommelier, Carneros Resort and Spa
JT Garczynski
Sommelier, Compline Wine Bar, Napa
Sahar Gharai
Owner and Wine Buyer of La Dolce Vita Wine Lounge at La Dolce Vita Wine Lounge
Juli Gregg
Wine Director, Tony's Pizza Napoletana, Capos's Restaurant
Morgan Harris MS
Master Sommelier
Barry Herbst
Wine Director at Bottle Barn-Santa Rosa, CA
Alex Joerger
Luke Kenning
Wine Director at Farallon Restaurant SF
Robert Kolf
Restaurant Manager -Beverage Buyer at Marriott Hotels
Shelley Lindgren
Wine Director and Co-Owner at A16 Restaurants
Koen Masschelein
Director Of Food And Beverage at Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Natalie Matthews
Sommelier at The Village Pub
Taylor Morgan
Wine Buyer, Bacchus & Venus
Christopher Parks
Owner / beverage director at Bar 41
Bob Paulinski, MW
Master of Wine and Founder/President, Stellar Bottles LLC
Remi Petri
Co-Founder, Director of Supply Chain at Nakedwines.com
Talia Quartetti
Sommelier at Bird Dog
Martin Reyes, MW
Master of Wine and Founder Of Reyes Wine Group
Jon Sloane
Sommelier at Quince Restaurant
Ceri Smith
Owner Biondivino Wine Boutique
Sarah Trubnick
Wine & Spirits Director, Chai Consulting LLC and Owner and Wine Director, The Barrel Room San Francisco
Sean Widger
Wine Director at Alexanders Steakhouse San Francisco