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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 DEPUTY EDITOR Allyson Gorsuch WINE EDITOR Jessie Birschbach EAST COAST EDITOR David Ransom EDITOR-AT-LARGE Randy Caparoso CONTRIBUTING EDITOR-AT-LARGE Cliff Rames ROCKY MOUNTAIN EDITOR Ruth Tobias LONDON CORRESPONDENT Steven Spurrier ASSOCIATE EDITOR/EVENTS DIRECTOR Becky Tsadik EVENTS ASSOCIATE Tracy Pretlow 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 AUGUST/SEPTEMBER Vol. 4 No. 4 ©2017 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 Joann Arruda, Jeremy Ball, Kim Beto, Cal Bingham, Rachel and David Michael Cane, Alfonso Cevola, Diane Denham, Jonathan Evans, Ryan Ford, Josh Freedman, Tim Gaiser MS, Elyse Glickman, Jiles Halling, Christine Havens, C. M. Howard, Rachel Macalisang, Leah Nash, Mona Shield Payne, Felix Sanchez, Kelly Shroads, Margaret Soss, Jessica Waugh, Hardy Wilson CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Bob Bath MS, David Denton, Christie Dufault, Catherine Fallis MS, Richard Carleton Hacker, Carolyn Horwitz, Karen MacNeil, Roger Morris, Deborah Parker Wong, 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 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The SOMM Journal 17203 Ventura Blvd.; Ste 5 Encino, CA 91316 818-990-0350 BEHIND THE SCENES Our Northern California wine country photographer, Alexander Rubin, caught St. Supéry winemaker Michael Scholz and his dog Angus (Gus for short) on the way to Napa Valley's Dollarhide Ranch. See the story on page 50.