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july 2009 / the tasting panel / 3 July 2009 / Volume 67 / No. 7 Selected Contributors Editor-in-Chief Anthony Dias Blue ablue@tastingpanelmag.com 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 Midwest Editor, Sean Ludford Texas Editor, Anthony Head Rocky Mountain Editor Stacey Brugeman Contributing Editors Tony Abou-Ganim, Becky Sue Epstein, Richard Carleton Hacker, Rudy Maxa, F. 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Magyarics, David Mahoney, Fred Minnick, Lisa Poseley, Steven Spurrier, Cathy Twigg-Blumel, Warren Westura, Jill Zimorski Your National Connection For Beverage Trends Established 1941 www.tastingpanelmag.com Published monthly by Tasting Panel LLC ISSN# 0895-3872 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 offi ces 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 ©2009 The Tasting Panel magazine. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part without written permission is prohibited. www.tastingpanelmag.com Natalie Bovis-Nelsen (TheLiquidMuse.com) bridges the gap between the spirits industry and the everyday consumer. In addition to writing about cocktails, she provides brand consultation to alcoholic and nonal- coholic beverage companies. Natalie is the author of Preggatinis: Mixology for the Mom-To-Be and the host of "The Liquid Muse's Little Black Book" video series featuring her favorite spots in Los Angeles. Look for Natalie at Tales of the Cocktail 2009 where she will host The Liquid Muse Podcasts and teach her Virgin Mixol- ogy seminar. Camper English is a freelance cocktails and spirits writer who contributes to publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, Wine & Spirits and Imbibe. Find all of his writing at www. Alcademics.com. Richard Carleton Hacker is an internationally rec- ognized authority on wines, spirits, cigars and related luxury lifestyles, and is a contributing writer for maga- zines that include Robb Report, Playboy, Smoke and The Quarterly Review of Wines. He has authored eleven books, is a lifetime member of the Keeper of the Quaich and the Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne and was knighted in Germany. David Mahoney has written for a variety of national and regional magazines, including Acura Style, The History Channel Magazine, Delta Sky, and Esquire. He was a senior editor at Sunset, one of the country's leading regional magazines, and was the editor of Minnesota Monthly. He was also the founding editor of Drinks and Real Food magazines and serves as a judge for the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Fred Minnick is a professional writer and photographer based in Louisville, KY. He has covered the Iraq War, sports, general news and the food, wine and spirits scene. Minnick has contributed to MSN, Investor's Busi- ness Daily, Bankrate.com and several restaurant trade publications. View his work at FredWrite.com. Christopher Sawyer "Sommelier to the Stars," is a world-renowned sommelier, journalist, wine educator and international wine judge who travels the globe fol- lowing trends in wine and shares these tasty experi- ences on his website, WineRadius.com. Sawyer is also notably the world's only Film Festival Sommelier, pair- ing wine selections with some of the world's top indy fi lms each year for the Sonoma Valley Film Festival. ET (Eric Tecosky) is the bar manager of Jones Hol- lywood in Los Angeles and the owner of Dirty Sue premium olive juice (www.dirtysue.com) and The Seat Saver - The Better Coaster (www.theseatsaver.com). Cathy Twigg-Blumel is a passionate photographer who specializes in photojournalism, documentary style pho- tos, studio portraits and travel photography. She has taken her craft to such places as Paris, Rome, Venice, Positano and Tuscany, as well as throughout the U.S. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband and three children. Her website is at www.cathytwig- gphotography.com CORRECTIONS The Casa Noble tequilas featured in our June issue are imported by INFINIUM SPIRITS. The suggested retail price for the Casa Noble Añejo is $60.