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{ SOMMjournal.com } 3 FOLLOW US! @SommJ • facebook.com/SommelierJournal • instagram.com/SommJournal Published six times per year ISSN 1944-074X 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 SENIOR ART DIRECTOR Michael Viggiano SENIOR EDITOR Karen Moneymaker DEPUTY EDITOR Allyson Gorsuch WINE EDITOR Jessie Birschbach EAST COAST EDITOR David Ransom EDITOR-AT-LARGE Randy Caparoso CONTRIBUTING EDITOR-AT-LARGE Cliff Rames LONDON CORRESPONDENT Steven Spurrier ASSOCIATE EDITOR Emily Coleman ASSOCIATE EDITOR/EVENTS DIRECTOR Becky Tsadik EVENTS ASSOCIATE Tracy Pretlow VP/SALES & MARKETING Bill Brandel 818-784-2122 bill@sommjournal.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Rachel Burkons rburkons@tastingpanelmag.com 818-990-0350 VP/FINANCE DIRECTOR Anna Russell 818-784-2122 anna@tastingpanelmag.com NEWSSTAND NATIONAL DISTRIBUTOR Melanie Raucci mraucci@disticor.com SOMM JOURNAL APRIL/MAY 2017 Vol. 4 No. 2 ©2017 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 CONTRIBUTORS Cal Bingham, Stephen Browett, Tricia Conover, Chris Granger, Chrstine Havens, Meg Houston Maker, Don Jost, Panos Kakaviatos, Andria Lo, Roger Morris, Robert Plotkin, Mitch Rice, Alexander Rubin, Benjamin Rusnak, Anne Sampson, Margaret Sass, Igor Sill, Kristin Teig, Mary Thompson, John Valls CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Bob Bath MS, David Denton, Christie Dufault, Catherine Fallis MS, Richard Carleton Hacker, Deborah Parker Wong, Karen MacNeil, Roger Morris, Chris Sawyer, Amy Zavatto EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Anthony Dias Blue VP/EXECUTIVE EDITOR David Gadd dgadd@sommjournal.com PUBLISHER / EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Meridith May mmay@sommjournal.com POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The SOMM Journal 17203 Ventura Blvd.; Ste 5 Encino, CA 91316 818-990-0350 BEHIND THE SCENES Our steadfast wine country photographer, Alex Rubin, captured winery owners Clay and Carrie Mauritson with Dry Creek Kitchen Executive Chef Scott Romano during a dinner for the Sonoma Barrel Auction's Master Sommelier judging panel. See the story on page 80.