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PANEL SELECTED CONTRIBUTORS JOHN CURLEY is a freelance photographer, writer and editor based in California. His editorial work has appeared in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York magazine and many other places, and his commercial clients include BMW, Korean Air Lines, and the Intel Corporation. His work can be seen at www.johncurley- photography.com. FRED MINNICK is our new Southeast Editor. Fred regularly writes about whiskey for national publications and has been a longtime contributing writer and photog- rapher for THE TASTING PANEL. His new “Small Batch” column (see page 28) will appear monthly. To see more of his work, visit www.fredwrite.com. CHANGES ALLISON LEVINE has left Blue Lifestyle in order to start her own wine-, spirits- and food-event production company, Please the Palate (www.pleasethepalate.com). She will continue to contribute to THE TASTING PANEL. The Blue Lifestyle and THE TASTING PANEL teams thank Allison for her five years of hard work and creative energy and wish her great success in her new endeavor. Allison’s new email address is allison@ pleasethepalate.com. CORRECTIONS In our June issue, the photograph of Abaigeal Hendron of Michael Collins Irish Whiskey was taken at HUCKLEBERRY BAR in Brooklyn, NY. Thanks to co-owner Stephanie Schneider (shown here) for allowing us to photograph at this venue. See www.tastingpanelmag.com for more on-location photos from this story. In our May issue story on Pisco Portón, we mistakenly wrote that Master Distiller Johnny Schuler was a native of Peru. Schuler was actually born in Bolivia. 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. 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 ©2011 The Tasting Panel magazine. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part without written permission is prohibited. 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 associate editor Rachel Burkons rburkons@tastingpanelmag.com senior art director James McManus mcmanusdesign@gmail.com new york editor Lana Bortolot lanab@me.com northern california editor Deborah Parker Wong texas editor Anthony Head southeast editor Fred Minnick editor@fredwrite.com editor at large E. C. Gladstone london correspondent Steven Spurrier contributing editors Tony Abou-Ganim, Ian Buxton, Becky Sue Epstein, Richard Carleton Hacker, Rudy Maxa, Merrill Shindler operations manager Cecilia Loschin closchin@tastingpanelmag.com marketing + events director Nicolette Teo nteo@tastingpanelmag.com advertising/production manager Sara Deckers sdeckers@tastingpanelmag.com contributors Jenny Adams, Phil Adler, Bridget Albert, Martin Bihl, Rob Brown, Randy Caparoso, Leigh Castelli, John Curley, Camper English, Jenn Farrington, Margaret Fox, Marco Garcia, David Huff, Allison Levine, Rich Manning, Fred Minnick, Carolyn Patten, Beverly Poppe, David Ransom, Laura Sanchez, Christopher Sawyer, Kate Webber, Tom Wilmer, Doug Young july 201 1 / the tasting panel / THE