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PANEL SELECTED CONTRIBUTORS BRIDGET ALBERT is Director of Mixology for Southern Wine & Spirits of Illinois. She developed her techniques and talent tending bar at great establish- ments most notably the $1.6 billion Las Vegas resort, Bellagio. Bridget studied under Master Mixologist Tony Abou- Ganim and completed his cocktail and spirits program. She is the co-author of Market Fresh Mixology. BLAINE ASHLEY is a writer living on the island of Oahu. Over the past ten years, she’s covered the Hawaii, Los Angeles and New York social and nightlife scenes for a variety of publications, including Haute Living and Modern Luxury. She’s also a regular contributor for People, Us and Glamour magazines. Ashley also launched the cocktail culture–related website CitySip.com in December 2010. STACIE STUKIN is a Los Angeles–based writer whose work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Time magazine and Elle Decor. She is currently writing a monograph on architect Richard Manion. FOLLOW US! THE TASTING PANEL makes frequent updates to its Twitter and Facebook pages. Follow us to keep up with our lastest news and get the inside scoop on our stories as they are being written and photographed. CORRECTIONS In our January-February issue, Fireball Cinnamon Whisky was misspelled. Fireball is based on Canadian whisky, not American whiskey. In our combined January- February issue, the bottle shot of the Glen Garioch 12 Year Old was accidentally placed beside the wrong review. Glen Garioch 12 received a score of 92 points in the “Blue Reviews” section. 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, importers 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 part without written permission is prohibited. contributing editors Tony Abou-Ganim, Ian Buxton, 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 advertising/production manager Sara Deckers sdeckers@tastingpanelmag.com assistant executive editor Nicolette Teo nteo@tastingpanelmag.com contributors Bridget Albert, Blaine Ashley, Leigh Castelli, David Darrin, Marc Andrew Deley, Daedalus Howell, Eric Ita, Ryan Lely, Allison Levine, Rob Loud, Bonny Martignoni, Kia McInerny, Fred Minnick, Kevin Moloney, Adele Nieto, Jimmy P., Robert Plotkin, Michael Quiet, Christopher Sawyer, Jojo Serina, Emily Steers, Stacie Stukin, Doug Young march 201 1 / the tasting panel / 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 Bortolot lanab@me.com northern california editor Deborah Parker Wong texas editor Anthony Head london correspondent Steven Spurrier THE