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{ SOMMjournal.com } 3 FOLLOW US! @SommJ • facebook.com/SommelierJournal • instagram.com/SommJournal Published six times per year ISSN# 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 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The SOMM Journal 17203 Ventura Blvd.; Ste 5 Encino, CA 91316, 818-990-0350 PUBLISHER / EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Meridith May mmay@sommjournal.com EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Anthony Dias Blue VP/MANAGING EDITOR David Gadd dgadd@sommjournal.com SENIOR ART DIRECTOR Michael Viggiano SENIOR EDITOR Karen Moneymaker DEPUTY EDITOR Jonathan Cristaldi SPIRITS EDITOR /MARKETING MANAGER Rachel Burkons EAST COAST EDITOR Lana Bortolot SENIOR INDUSTRY EDITOR Deborah Parker Wong EDITOR-AT-LARGE Randy Caparoso LONDON CORRESPONDENT Steven Spurrier TEXAS EDITOR Anthony Head ASSOCIATE EDITOR Emily Coleman ASSOCIATE EDITOR Brian Kustera VP/SALES & MARKETING Bill Brandel 818-784-2122 bill@sommjournal.com VP/FINANCE DIRECTOR Anna Russell 818-784-2122 anna@tastingpanelmag.com DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE EVENTS Nicolette Teo SOMM JOURNAL August/September 2014 Vol. 1 No. 2 ©2014 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 THIS MONTH'S COVER CONTRIBUTORS Cal Bingham, Sarah Bray, Stephanie Buckler, Tom Caestecker Jr., Chris Rov Costa, Traci Dutton, Erica Gannett, David Handschuh, Eric Hemer, Courtney Humiston, Alana Leland, Maree Louw, Kara Newman, Mona Shield Payne, Marguerite Richards, Vanessa Rogers, George Rose, Krista Rossow, David Lincoln Ross, Jason Tesauro, Kirk Weddle, Amy Zavatto CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Bob Bath, Tom Caestecker, Ted Glennon, Dr. Jamie Goode, Richard Carleton Hacker, Karen MacNeil, Kelly Magyarics, Chris Sawyer, Merrill Shindler CORRECTION There were some factual errors in our June-July issue Wine Briefs segment "Oz Clarke Deconstructs New Zealand." Clarke characterized the west coast of the South Island (not North Canterbury) as one of the wettest places on the planet and the Central Otago region as being shielded from rain by the Southern Alps (not Apennines). Greywacke Winery is owned by winemaker Kevin Judd (not Mike Weesing); Weesomg spoke about the wine during the presentation. Crafting Roca Patrón, a new line of tequilas based exclusively on the tahona process, is the task of the production team at the Hacienda de Patrón distillery in Atotonilco, Jalisco, Mexico: (left to right) David Rodriguez, Francisco Alcaraz, Antonio Rodriguez and Ismael Solís.