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{ SOMMjournal.com } 3 FOLLOW US! @SommJ • facebook.com/SommelierJournal • instagram.com/SommJournal Published six times per year ISSN 1944-074X USPS 02488i The SOMM Journal is published bi-monthly for $52 per year by The SOMM Journal, The Sommelier Journal, 17203 Ventura Blvd. Suite 5, Encino, CA 91316. Periodicals postage at Van Nuys, CA and additional mailing offices. Subscription rate: $52 One Year ; $100 Two Years. Single Copy; $10 For all subscriptions, email: subscriptions@sommjournal.com SENIOR ART DIRECTOR Michael Viggiano SENIOR EDITOR Karen Moneymaker DEPUTY EDITOR Allyson Gorsuch WINE EDITOR Jessie Birschbach EAST COAST EDITOR David Ransom EDITOR-AT-LARGE Randy Caparoso CONTRIBUTING EDITOR-AT-LARGE Cliff Rames LONDON CORRESPONDENT Steven Spurrier ASSOCIATE EDITOR Emily Coleman ASSOCIATE EDITOR Becky Tsadik SENIOR INDUSTRY EDITOR Deborah Parker Wong VP/SALES & MARKETING Bill Brandel 818-784-2122 bill@sommjournal.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Rachel Burkons rburkons@tastingpanelmag. com 818-990-0350 VP/FINANCE DIRECTOR Anna Russell 818-784-2122 anna@tastingpanelmag.com NEWSSTAND NATIONAL DISTRIBUTOR Melanie Raucci mraucci@disticor.com SOMM JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER Vol. 3 No. 5 ©2016 The SOMM Journal, The Sommelier Journal. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part without written permission is prohibited. Sommelier Journal USPS 024881, ISSN 1944-074X CONTRIBUTORS Jeremy Ball, Michelle Ball, Jonathan Cristaldi, Ferenc Dancsecs, Tom Donchez, Dustin Downing, Lyn Farmer, Bennett George, Jiles Haling, Jacob Hand, Christine Havens, Rebecca Peplinski, Alexander Rubin, Wendy Thies Sell, Mona Shield Payne, Joseph Phillips, Eric Vandenbossche, Paula Watts, Doug Young CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Bob Bath MS, David Denton, Christie Dufault, Catherine Fallis MS, Richard Carleton Hacker, Karen MacNeil, Roger Morris, Chris Sawyer, Amy Zavatto EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Anthony Dias Blue VP/EXECUTIVE EDITOR David Gadd dgadd@sommjournal.com PUBLISHER / EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Meridith May mmay@sommjournal.com STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP SOMMELIER JOURNAL The material in each issue of The Sommelier Journal /The Somm Journal is protected by U.S. Copyright © 2016. USPS Publication number 02488i, ISSN 1944-074X. Filing Date: September 1, 2016. Published six times a year. Annual subscription rate is $52. Mailing address: 17203 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 5, Encino, CA 91316. Phone: 818-990-0350. Contact: Meridith May, Publisher. Email: Mmay@SommJournal.com Total copies run: 71,150. Paid and/or requested circulation: 51,800. Total non-requested circulation: 17,850. Copies not distributed: 1500. Percent paid and/or requested: 74%. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The SOMM Journal 17203 Ventura Blvd.; Ste 5 Encino, CA 91316 818-990-0350 CORRECTIONS In our August-September issue, the prices for Hibiki Japanese Harmony and Hakushu 12 Year Old whiskies were incorrect. The SRP is $65for the Hibiki and $85 for Hakushu. Also, the Hakushu packaging was the Japanese version, not the American version (shown here). In the recap of the International Chardonnay Symposium in our previous issue, the name of Brian Maloney, Director of Winemaking for DeLoach Vineyards, was misspelled. In the recap of the International Chardonnay Symposium in