The Tasting Panel magazine

september 2009 / the tasting panel / September 2009 / Volume 67 / No. 9 Selected Contributors Publisher/Executive Editor Meridith May mmay@tastingpanelmag.com 818-990-0350 Operations Manager Cecilia Loschin closchin@tastingpanelmag.com Editorial/Publishing Coordinator Rachel Burkons rburkons@tastingpanelmag.com Marketing & Events Director Allison Levine alevine@tastingpanelmag.com Sales Account Manager Tiffany Gardner t.gardner@husonusa.com 408-879-6666 Contributors Jenny Adams, Rob Brown, Michael Cervin, Elaine Chen-Fernandez, Dan Dunn, Camper English, Jenn Farrington, Richard Carleton Hacker, Brett Kramer, Ryan Lely, Erik Lesser, David Mahoney, Marni Mattner, Andrew McNees, Fred Minnick, Kerry Newberry, Lester Ng, Danny Ronen, Marlene Rossman, Christopher Sawyer, Steven Spurrier, Stacey Taxin, Eric Tecosky (ET), Wilfred Wong Your National Connection For Beverage Trends Established 1941 www.tastingpanelmag.com 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 Texas Editor Anthony Head Rocky Mountain Editor Stacey Brugeman Photo Editor Cathy Twigg-Blumel Contributing Editors Tony Abou-Ganim, Becky Sue Epstein, Richard Carleton Hacker, Rudy Maxa, F. Paul Pacult, Merrill Shindler Jenny Adams is a contributing editor and freelancer full-time for a number of publications including Execu- tive Traveler, Delta magazine and the Southern Beverage Journals. Jenny is also the Edibles & Elixirs Editor of Portico and contributes a monthly bar column to the Miami Herald. Her first book, Mixing New Orleans: Cocktails & Legends was published in July of 2007. For more information, visit www. jennyadamsfreelance.com. Michael Cervin has been writing about wine for over a de- cade from his Santa Barbara home, the ideal place to write about most anything. Notable publications include Decanter, Wine Enthusiast, Santa Barbara magazine and Wine & Spirits. His weekly radio show, "Cervin It Straight; No ratings, no scores, just straight talk about wine, spirits and beer," can be heard on AM-1290 in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties and on-line at www.CervinItStraight.com. Ann Coppinger is a freelance writer and owns Pettyjohn's Liquor and Wine in Boulder, Colorado (www.pettyjohns. com). She has been in the wine business for 32 years and is currently a diploma candidate with the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) based in London. Dan Dunn pens his enormously popular "Imbiber" column for the world's most iconic and recognizable magazine, Playboy. Dan's work has appeared in numerous high-profile publications, including GQ, USA Today, Maxim, the Los Angeles Times, LA Style, Entertainment Weekly, Hemi- spheres and Hosiery & Underwear magazine (seriously!). His website, www.theimbiber.net, is a popular destination for adult beverage enthusiasts the world over. His critically ac- claimed semi-fictional memoir, Nobody Likes a Quitter (and other reasons to avoid rehab), was published in November 2007 by Perseus Books. 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 maga- zines, 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. Kerry Newberry chases stories about people through wine, food and spirits. An East Coaster at heart, she landed in Portland, Oregon for graduate school. After countless truck rides through the Willamette Valley and weekend dates with the farmer's market, she fell for the Pacific Northwest. She writes for Edible Portland, Portrait of Portland, Oregon Wine Press, NW Palate, Sommelier Journal and Women's Adven- ture magazine. Marlene Rossman is President of wine education and consulting firm Manhattan Wine Seminars, LLC and is an instructor in the University of California-Irvine Wine Certificate Program. Marlene is the wine columnist for Chef magazine. She was formerly a sommelier at the French Culinary Institute, NYC, and Laguna Culinary Arts, Laguna Beach, CA. Wilfred Wong, Cellarmaster for BevMo!, a retailer with 100 stores in California and Arizona, is a 35-year wine industry professional who describes his job as one of extreme research. Wong tastes as much as 10,000 wines annu- ally, judges in competitions worldwide and travels aboard frequently. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, Alice, and dog, Cody. Meet our Rocky Mountain Editor Denver-based food, wine, beer and spirits writer Stacey Brugeman will be covering the high-altitude, high-excite- ment Rocky Mountain beat for THE TASTING PANEL. Stacey holds an Intermediate Certificate in Wine from the International Wine Center and has swirled, sniffed and sipped her way through more than 35 countries around the world. Her work has appeared in Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure, Saveur, The Denver Post, Denver Magazine and other publications. 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 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 15335 Morrison Street, Suite 345, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 818-990-0350 ©2009 The Tasting Panel magazine. 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