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march 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 closhin@tastingpanelmag.com associate editor Rachel Burkons rburkons@tastingpanelmag.com marketing + events director Allison Levine alevine@tastingpanelmag.com marketing + editorial coordinator Nicolette Teo sales account manager Tiffany Gardner Tiffany.Gardner@husonmedia.com contributors Ian Buxton, Michael Cer vin, Stuar t George, Richard Carleton Hacker, Kelly A. Magyarics, Sean Meyers, Christopher Sawyer, Maria Schriber, Bruce Schoenfeld, Steven Spurrier, Cathy Twigg-Blumel, Eric Waterman T H E PA N E L Ian Buxton works in Scotland as whisky consultant, writer and organiser of the World Whiskies Confer- ence. He is a Keeper of the Quaich and owns his own distillery (sadly derelict and abandoned). MIchael cervIn has been writing about wine for over a decade from his Santa Barbara home, the ideal place to write about most anything. Notable publications include Decanter, Wine Enthusiast, Santa Barbara Maga- zine and Wine & Spirits. His weekly radio show, "Cervin It Straight" can be heard on AM-1290 in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties and on-line at www.CervinItStraight.com. Stuart GeorGe is a writer in London. After graduating from university, he worked in wine retail for five years. He has done harvest work in Italy, France and Australia and has traveled widely across the wine regions of the world. In 2003, he was the U.K. Young Wine Writer of the Year. 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, is a lifetime member of the Keeper of the Quaich and the Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne and was knighted in Germany. anthony head has more than twenty years of professional writing experience under his hat. He travels the world for assignments, but makes his home in the Texas Hill Country. You can read more of his stuff at www.anthonyheadworks.com. 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. chrIStopher Sawyer, "Sommelier to the Stars," is a world-renowned sommelier, journalist, wine educator and international wine judge who travels the globe following trends in wine and shares these tasty experiences on his website, WineRadius.com. Sawyer is also notably the world's only Film Festival Sommelier, pairing wine selections with some of the world's top indy films each year for the Sonoma Valley Film Festival. Published monthly with combined Januar y and Februar y 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 industr y. 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 reser ved. Reproduction in whole or par t without written permission is prohibited. SELECTED CONTRIBUTORS