2010 Judges
Leading women in America will judge the 2010 competition.
Click here to view biographies & photos of our judges:
Diane Teitelbaum, International Judge & Author, Dallas, TX
Amy Atwood, blogger, MyDailyWine.com
Rosanne LaVoy, Owner/Chef, Coast Café, Bolinas, CA
Cassandra Brown, CS, CSW, Consultant, The Chocolate Grape – Sommelier At YOUR Service
Eileen Hoffmeister-Mooney, Stone Hill Winery, Branson, MO
Traci Dutton, Beverage Manager, Sommelier, CIA
Laura Ness, Reporter/Consultant/Buyer Wines & Vines Magazine
Ramona Nicholson, Owner, Nicholson Ranch Winery, past winner, Judges’ Choice Award, 2009 NWWC
Julie Lumgair, Partner and Winemaker, Windsor Oaks Vineyard, past winner, Judges’ Choice Award, NWWC 2009
Staci Hunt, Member, Board of Directors, Specialty Wine Retailers Association & Wine Reporter, NPR’s GOOD FOOD Wine Report
Debra Del Fiorentino, Sommelier, CWP, Wine Educator and Consumer Marketing Director at Russian River Vineyards
Virginie Boone, Wine Writer, The Press Democrat
Maureen Downey, DWS, CWE, Owner, Chai Consulting
Jil Child, Sommelier, Wine Educator
Liz Thach, Ph.D., MW Candidate, Professor of Wine Business at Sonoma State University
Valery Uhl, Director of North of the Gate Wine Competition
Ann Noble, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Enology at UC Davis, inventor: The Wine Wheel(tm)
Deborah Parker Wong, Journalist, The Tasting Panel Magazine
Jan Manni, Wine Blogger, The Wine Attic
Prudy Foxx, Viticulture Consultant, Foxx Viticulture
Evelyn White, Winemaker, Taft Street Winery
Mariana Gil Juncal, Sommelier and Director Editorial, Baco Club, Argentina’s leading private wine club
Gillian Ballance, Wine Consultant
