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PANEL SELECTED CONTRIBUTORS PETER GRIFFITH has been working and photographing the wine business for the last eight years. His work has been published in numerous publications and can be seen at petergriffithphotography.com. JAMES MULCAHY writes about food and spir- its for a number of publications, including The Onion, British Airways Magazine, Metromix, Huffington Post, New York Press and many others. He’s also the editor of the popular blog NYBarfly, which covers liquid culture in the Big Apple. Before working as a writer, James was employed as a bartender at several New York restaurants. TOM ZASADZINSKI is an award-winning photographer who covers regional and national stories for THE TASTING PANEL from his base in Claremont, CA. CORRECTIONS In our August issue, we wrote that SushiSamba pairs saké cocktails with bluefin tuna. SushiSamba voluntarily removed endangered bluefin from its menu in March. In our September story on Lodi, the name of Layne Montgomery, owner of m2Wines, was misspelled. In the same story, Ripken Winery and Ripken family members’ names were misspelled. Susan Ripken graduated from Columbia College, Missouri (not Columbia University) after attending Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and is a third-genera- tion winegrower. The Ripkens grow more than 50 varieties of grapes, not five, as we erroneously reported. Published monthly with combined January and February issues ISSN# 2153-0122 USPS 476-430 Chairman/CEO: Anthony Dias Blue President/COO: Meridith May Vice President: David Gadd Subscription Rate: $36 One Year ; $60 Two Years; Single Copy: $3.95 For all subscriptions, email: subscriptions@tastingpanelmag.com Periodicals Postage Paid at Van Nuys and at additional mailing offices Devoted to the interests and welfare of United States restaurant and retail store licensees, wholesalers, impor ters and manufacturers in the beverage industry. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Tasting Panel Magazine 15335 Morrison Street, Suite 345, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403, 818-990-0350 ©2010 The Tasting Panel magazine. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or par t without written permission is prohibited. STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP THE TASTING PANEL, published by Tasting Panel LLC. Publication Number 0476-430. Filing Date: September 20, 2010. Published 11 times per year with combined January- February issue. Annual Subscription rate: $36. Mailing Address: 15335 Morrison Street, Suite 345, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403. Phone: 818-990-0350. Contact: Meridith May, Publisher. Total copies run: 60,190. Paid/requested outside subscriptions: 16,240. Total paid and/or requested circulation: 23,360. Free distribution by mail and outside the mail: 35,930. Copies not distributed: 850. Total distribution: 59,290. Percent paid: 39%. editor in chief Anthony Dias Blue ablue@tastingpanelmag.com publisher / executive editor Meridith May mmay@tastingpanelmag.com 818-990-0350 managing editor David Gadd dgadd@tastingpanelmag.com senior art director James McManus mcmanusdesign@gmail.com east coast editor Lana Bor tolot lanab@me.com northern california editor Deborah Parker Wong texas editor Anthony Head london correspondent Steve Spurrier contributing editors Tony Abou-Ganim, Becky Sue Epstein, Richard Carleton Hacker, Rudy Maxa, Merrill Shindler operations manager Cecilia Loschin closchin@tastingpanelmag.com associate editor Rachel Burkons rburkons@tastingpanelmag.com marketing + events director Allison Levine alevine@tastingpanelmag.com assistant executive editor Nicolette Teo nteo@tastingpanelmag.com sales account manager Tiffany Gardner Tiffany.Gardner@husonmedia.com contributors Rob Brown, Randy Caparoso, Tom Clark, Adriana DiGennaro, Camper English, Becky Sue Epstein, Amy K. Fellows, Liza Gershman, Peter Griffith, Andy Katz, Jim Kharouf, Mike Kirk, Larry Levine, James Mulcahy, Jessie Odaffer, Robert Plotkin, Aurora Rodríguez, Arturo Sighinolfi, Tori Soper, Brandon Sullivan, Kirk Weddle, Ben Weinberg, Doug Young, Rimas Zailskas,Tom Zasadzinski october 2010 / the tasting panel / THE