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June 2013 Vol. 71 No. 6 editor in chief publisher / executive editor Anthony Dias Blue Meridith May ablue@tastingpanelmag.com mmay@tastingpanelmag.com 818-990-0350 Contributors Jeremy Ball, Michelle Ball, Erica Bartel, Alan Batt, Michael Birchenall, Rob Brown, Leigh Castelli, Tracy Chan, Tom Clark, Jonathan Cristaldi, Monique Farah, Scott Greenberg, Max Jacobson, Michael Kress, Daniel Krieger, Teresa Lee, Kelly Magyarics, Tim Moriarty, Greg Powers, Anna Rendon, Sharon Sampsel, Gloria Sarmiento, Christopher Sawyer, Maria Schriber, Jay Schroeder, Daniel Showalter, Anne Watson, Kirk Weddle, Hardy Wilson, Naren Young CorrECtions In our May issue, the parent company for Snova Vodka was incorrect. Snova is produced and marketed by SNOVA VODA LLC. managing editor David Gadd dgadd@tastingpanelmag.com senior editor Rachel Burkons rburkons@tastingpanelmag.com senior art director James McManus mcmanusdesign@gmail.com new york editor Lana Bor tolot lanab@me.com northern california editor Deborah Parker Wong texas editor Anthony Head southeast editor Fred Minnick editor@fredwrite.com florida editor Kelly Merritt chicago editor Use one of the free apps available on your cell phone to scan this QR code, and directly visit THE TASTING PANEL Facebook 's Page! Be sure to click the "like" button while you're there, to keep in touch with even more fabulous industry content! 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 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: $4.95 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 17203 Ventura Blvd., Suite 5 Encino, CA 91316, 818-990-0350 ©2013 The Tasting Panel magazine. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part without written permission is prohibited. Tom Caestecker Jr. orange county/san diego editor Rich Manning rocky mountain editor Ben Weinberg london correspondent Steven Spurrier contributing editors Tony Abou-Ganim, Bridget Albert, Ian Buxton, Becky Sue Epstein, Richard Carleton Hacker, Rober t Plotkin, Merrill Shindler editorial assistant Breanne DeMore bdemore@tastingpanelmag.com finance director Anna Russell anna@tastingpanelmag.com advertising director Sara Deckers sdeckers@tastingpanelmag.com marketing + events director Nicolette Teo nteo@tastingpanelmag.com trade marketing specialist Natasha Swords nswords@tastingpanelmag.com 4 / the tasting panel / june 2013 TP0613_001-41.indd 4 5/23/13 4:22 PM