Our 13 international judges from 9 countries will arrive in Chile on January 7, 2010, head straight to the spectacular San Pedro de Atacama for three days, and spend another three days tasting wines in Santiago. On Thursday, January 13 they will offer a seminar to members of the local wine industry in the morning, and the winners will be announced at a Gala Dinner that evening.
This year’s judges are:
Brazil: Jorge Lucki
Canada: Shari Mogk-Edwards and François Primeau
China: Jeannie Cho Lee
Korea: Kyoungja (Corinne) Eom
Japan: Tomoko Ebisawa
Sweden: Andreas Larsson
United Kingdom: Steven Spurrier and Oz Clarke
United States: Josh Reynolds, Josh Greene, and Michael Schachner
and from Chile: Héctor Vergara
For more information see:
[...] more information on the judges and their program, see: 8th AWoCA Coming Soon! [...]
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