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SPEED TASTING TEQUILA Making Time with while each brand rep raced the clock with only a 15-minute window to impress the panel. Here are the notes from our panel: Kent Bearden, Director of Spirits & Mixology at MGM Grand Hotel; Kevin Vogt, Director of Beverage for Emeril Lagasse; Meridith May, Publisher/ Executive Editor for THE TASTING PANEL magazine, Livio Lauro former President/ U.S. Bartenders Guild Nevada Chapter; and Nik Rollison, Restaurant Manager, ARIA Resort. Although the panel was tasted on all available expressions for each brand, Our Panel Votes refl ects the expression(s) that each judge deemed top-notch. T Tequila AT ARIA RESORT & CASINO IN LAS VEGAS, OUR PANEL SETS THE PACE TO POUR AT OUR INVITATIONAL SPEED TASTING HE TASTING PANEL brought a group of diverse tequila brands to the tables at ARIA Resort & Casino at CityCenter in Las Vegas for our latest speed tasting session. Five agave-knowledgeable palates sipped and savored, taking notes and testing time, photos by Ronda Churchill 84 / the tasting panel / november 2010 Our distinguished panel included (left to right) Kent Bearden, Director of Spirits & Mixology at MGM Grand Hotel; Kevin Vogt, Director of Beverage for Emeril Lagasse; Meridith May, Publisher/Executive Editor for TASTING PANEL magazine; Livio Lauro, former President, U.S. Bartenders Guild Nevada Chapter; and Nik Rollison, Restaurant Manager, ARIA Resort.