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84 / the tasting panel / july 2018 COMPETITIONS BARTENDERS TRAVEL TO JEREZ, SPAIN, TO COMPETE IN THE 2018 TIO PEPE CHALLENGE Sails the World The judges with Eduardo Nava (third from left), the 2018 Tío Pepe Challenge winner from Mexico. The judges were Vicky González, International Marketing Manager for González Byass and fifth-generation member of the González family; González Byass Brand Ambassador Álvaro Plata; Joao Vicente, winner of the 2017 Tío Pepe Challenge; Daniele Dalla Pola, famed mixologist and owner of Nu Lounge in Bologna, Italy; and JP Fetherston, Beverage Director for Drink Company in Washington, D.C. SHERRY