Judges

2010 Judges

Forty of the leading women palates in America will judge the 2010 competition. Click here to view biographies for our judges:

* Diane Teitelbaum, International Judge & Author, Dallas, TX

* Lisa Granik, MW, Fine Wine Buyer, Charmer Industries, NYC, NY

* Rosanne LaVoy, Owner/Chef, Coast Café, Bolinas, CA

* Cassandra Brown, CS, Boulder Country Club

* Eileen Hoffmeister-Mooney, Stone Hill Winery, Branson, MO

* Donna Prescott, Founder, BevConnect.com

* Traci Dutton, Beverage Manager, Sommelier, CIA

* Laura Ness, Reporter/Consultant/Buyer Wines & Vines Magazine

* Ramona Nicholson, Owner, Nicholson Ranch Winery

* Julie Lumgair, Partner and Winemaker, Windsor Oaks Vineyard

* Staci Hunt, Director, Specialty Wine Retailers & Wine Reporter, NPR’s GOOD FOOD

*Debra Del Fiorentino, Sommelier, CWP, Wine Educator and Consumer Marketing Director at Russian River Vineyards

*Virginie Boone, Wine Writer, The Press Democrat

*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

*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