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PANEL SELECTED CONTRIBUTORS 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. LIZA GERSHMAN is an award-winning photog- rapher and writer who spends her time between San Francisco and wine country, when she is not traveling the globe. Liza’s photography and writ- ing has appeared in Outside magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, 7x7, the Seattle PI, Drink Me and Napa Valley Life, to name a few. She recently finished photographing A Taste for Absinthe, to be released by Random House in September. RICHARD CARLETON HACKER is an internation- ally recognized authority on wines, spirits, cigars and related luxury lifestyles, and is a contributing writer for magazines that include Robb Report, Playboy, Smoke and The Quarterly Review of Wines. He has authored eleven books in the U.S., Great Britain and Germany, is a lifetime member of the Keeper of the Quaich and the Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne and was knighted in Germany. KELLY A. MAGYARICS is a wine and spirits writer and wine educator in the Washington, D.C. area. She can be reached through her website, www. trywine.net. FRED MINNICK, a national writer and photogra- pher, frequently covers food, wine and spirits for consumer and trade publications. He’s judged cocktail contests, authored two books and travels the world searching for the best angles. View his work at FredWrite.com. ROBERT PLOTKIN is a trade writer, spirits judge and author of 16 books, Secrets Revealed of America’s Greatest Cocktails. He can be reached at www.AmericanCocktails.com or by e-mail at robert@barmedia.com. CORRECTIONS In last month’s issue, Dos Maderas PX rum was listed as being from Guyana and Barbados. While the rum’s components originate from those two places, Dos Maderas PX is a product of Spain. In the Hugel story, we would like to clarify that while Tradition and Jubilee are Hugel’s proprietary names, Sélection de Grains Nobles is a term used throughout Alsace; Hugel’s entry-tier wines are designed by the name “Hugel.” Also, while Hugel does not use the Alsace Grand Cru AOC, the producer’s wines do carry the broader Alsace AOC. 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, impor ters 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 ©2010 The Tasting Panel magazine. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or par t without written permission is prohibited. august 2010 / the tasting panel / 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 senior art director James McManus mcmanusdesign@gmail.com east coast editor Lana Bor tolot lanab@me.com northern california editor Deborah Parker Wong texas editor Anthony Head london correspondent Steve Spurrier contributing editors Tony Abou-Ganim, Becky Sue Epstein, Richard Carleton Hacker, Rudy Maxa, Merrill Shindler operations manager Cecilia Loschin closchin@tastingpanelmag.com associate editor Rachel Burkons rburkons@tastingpanelmag.com marketing + events director Allison Levine alevine@tastingpanelmag.com assistant executive editor Nicolette Teo nteo@tastingpanelmag.com sales account manager Tiffany Gardner Tiffany.Gardner@husonmedia.com contributors Amy Braga, Ian Buxton, Deborah Denker, Camper English, Liza Gersh- man, E. C. Gladstone, Ryan Lely, Fred Minnick, Sabin Orr, Rober t Plotkin, Danny Ronen, Michael Roney, Armando Rosario, Maria Schriber, Emily Steers, Brandon Sullivan, Stacey Taxin, Tom Zasadzinksi, Kirk Weddle THE