Presenters

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 Dascaliuc

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...

Andrew Fisher

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...

Sasha Gonzalez

Sasha is a certified sommelier in advanced wine studies with Sommelier Society of America and has been in the hospitality industry for over ...

Gordon Little

Gordon grew up in Melbourne, Australia, but only found his calling in wine after moving to New York in 2008. Having previously worked in win...

Cristina Martin

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

Robin Robinson

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

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

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

Timothy Sullivan

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