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Jim Clarke

Jim Clarke is the U.S. Country Manager for Wines of South Africa (WoSA), the generic, inclusive marketing body for South African wine export...

Vitalii was born and raised in Moldova, a country renowned for its rich wine culture and home to the largest wine collection in the world. F...

Jena Ellenwood is a globally award-winning bartender, cocktail educator, and writer based in Astoria, NY. Her cocktails have been featured o...

Andy Fisher has been President of Astor Wines & Spirits for over 40 years. When he started in 1971, it was a small shop in the middle of Ast...

Julia Gross has been working in the mezcal industry for about 7 years. She has worked with mezcal non profit maestros de mezcal, a non profi...

A five-time James Beard Award nominee, Drew serves as Master Distiller and Chief Production & Operations Officer of the legendary, family-ow...

Cristina Martin is a wine and spirits educator and enthusiast. Previously, she served as the Programming Manager for Astor Center where she ...

May Matta-Aliah is a New York based wine and brandy educator and President of In the Grape (www.inthegrape.com http://www.inthegrape.com)....

Robin Robinson is the author of the book "The Complete Whiskey Course: A Comprehensive Tasting School in Ten Lessons. He is a private consul...

Lisa Saunders is a wine educator, Italian teacher, and the General Manager at Astor Center. She lived in Italy for nearly 10 years where she...

Chris Struck holds undergraduate degrees in Culinary Arts & Food Service Management from Johnson & Wales University & an Executive MBA in F...

Timothy Sullivan is the founder of UrbanSake.com, which started in 2005 and is America's longest-running sake education website and a treasu...