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Restauranteur. Director and brewer of Casa Cervecera Bolívar. President of the Chihuahua Craft Brewers Association. President of the Chihuahua Beer Cluster. President of the Brewers Section at CANACO CHIHUAHUA. Certified Beer Judge, BJCP. Gastronome from Bluechefs Coaching and Culinary Arts school.

Graduate in Gastronomy with a specialty in World Culinary Arts. Sommelier from the Mexican Wine Academy. WSET Level 3 in Wines and Spirits. Director of AMOR Eno-Consultant, consulting firm for restaurants and food and wine events. Ambassador and instructor sommelier for Rías Baixas and Uruguay Wine.

Chemical Engineer from the University of La Laguna and Oenologist from the University of La Rioja, Spain. Technical visits to wine-producing regions such as Burgundy, Bordeaux, Port and Ribera del Duero. Winemaker at Puerta del Lobo Winery.

Freelance journalist specialising in spirits. Regular contributor to the German magazines Fizzz and Schlimmerdurst.net. Long-standing jury member for numerous national and international competitions, including the Spirits Selection by CMB.

Sommelier and opinion leader on wines in Mexico, Instagram influencer and cava consultant

Writer & Photographer at Guardian News & Media. Lonely Planet - Contributing writer to: Wine Trails, Food Trails, Culture Trails, Global Beer Tour, Global Coffee Tour, World Distilleries Tour

Master Sommelier. Board member and treasurer of the Second City Sommeliers tasting group in Chicago. National Wine Director for the Hogsalt restaurant group. 2016 National TopSomm second place finisher and 2017 Guildsomm Online Competition winner.

President of the Sotol A.C. Certification Council. Co-founder, production director and brand manager of Sotol Los Magos. Bachelors degree in Law from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico.

American Homebrewers Association Founding Board and co-chair of Events Sub-Committee. BJCP MidWest Representative and BJCP President. Rank of Grand Master 12, as well as mead and cider endorsements. Judge at over 300 homebrew and commercial competitions all over the world.

Advanced Sommelier CMS Americas..

Freelance writer, wine critic, educator and sommelier. Senior Partner at WineAlign.com, Canada’s leading online wine publication. Outgoing President of the Ontario Chapter of the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers and WSET Instructor in Toronto, with Fine Vintage Ltd.

Master Sommelier. Wine Director & Chef Sommelier at Stella's Wine Bar at The Post Oak Hotel. Biotechnology graduate program at Johns Hopkins University. Advanced Sommelier and Certified Wine Educator, since 2010. Part of the opening team of the Post Oak Hotel in Houston, who built the Wine Spectator Grand Award winning wine list.

Graduate in Gastronomic Sciences and Sommelier from Chihuahua. CEO and Founder of Clandestine Wine. Master's degree in Sommelierie and Wine Marketing from the Basque Culinary Center and Mondragón University. WSET Level 2 in Wines.

WSET Certified Educator in Wine, Spirits and Beer. Certified Sommelier by The Court of Master Sommeliers. Master Tequila Taster by the Mexican Academy of Tequila, Wine and Mezcal Tasters A.C. Master Mezcalier by the Pro-Cultura del Mezcal Association A.C. Mead Beer Judge, BJCP. Certified Cicerone®.

Certified Specialist in Wine & Spirits, Society of Wine Educators. Degree in Sensory Analysis, Oenology and Viticulture from the University of California, in Davis. Maestra Tequilera from the Mexican Academy of Tequila, Wine and Mezcal Tasters A.C. Sommelier of the Gastronomic Collective of Xcaret Hotels.

Master Sommelier. Founding board member of the Best USA Sommelier Association (BUSA). Contributor to the 5th Edition of The Oxford Companion to Wine (Oxford University Press, 2022). President and Education Director of Full Circle Wine Solutions. Founding board member of The Court of Master Sommeliers.

General Manager Vinopres. Editor in chief of Vino! Magazine. Columnist for La Libre Belgique. Chairman of the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles.

Communicator and marketing specialist for wines. Taster of the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles based in France. Wine writer. Contributor for WineEnthusiast.com, JancisRobinson.com and Meininger's Wine Business International.

Buyer of wines, spirits, beers, and gift baskets for El Palacio de Hierro. Over 10 years of experience in the wine, beer, and luxury spirits industry. Collaborator with prestigious international brands such as Moët Hennessy, The Macallan, and Código 1530.

Certified sommelier. Columnist and writer for Mural Newspaper, in Guadalajara. Tequila expert and wine judge. Contributor for W Radio Guadalajara.

Author of “Dave McIntyre’s WineLine,” now published on Substack. Associate Wine Editor and columnist for The SOMM Journal. Former wine columnist for The Washington Post, from 2008 until 2025. Collaborator for Wine Enthusiast, The New Wine Review and The San Francisco Chronicle. Contributor for The World Atlas of Wine 8th Edition and the Oxford Companion to Wine.

Entrepreneur and sommelier from Chihuahua. Business Administration Degree from Tecnológico de Monterrey. WSET Level 3 in Wines. Founder of Winefulness National Wine Club. Sommelier representing Chihuahua wines at "Mexico in Chicago" event, in 2024. Collaborator with Chihuahua wineries for tastings, pairing dinners and vineyard tours.

Maestra Tequilera, sommelier and WSET Level 3 in Spirits. Member of the Mexican Academy of Tequila, Wine and Mezcal Tasters A.C., and of Tequila Culture and Training. Master distiller for Casa Zea and MI Mezcal. Teacher at Domecq Academy. Baijiu Ambassador for Mexico.

Sommelier, restaurateur, academic and promoter of wine and spirits culture. Certified Sommelier by The Court of Master Sommeliers. WSET Level 2 in Wines. Cultural Promoter of Mezcal by the Center for Studies on Maguey and Mezcal A.C. Certified Taster of Mexican Beverages with D.O. and Baijiu Ambassador for Mexico.

Founder of Sotol Flor del Desierto. Commercial Director of Distillates and Products Noa Norte. Sotol trainer at various stages, from production to sensory analysis and marketing. She studied Mexican cuisine at Ambrosía Centro Culinario.

Bachelor of Education, professor at ISU University. Sommelier. WSET Level 3 in Wines. Consulting and training for Consumer Centers in the city of Puebla. Design of corporate tastings and literary pairings.

Sommelier certified by The Court of Master Sommeliers. WSET Level 3. National Champion of the Taittinger Somm d'Or 2017 and the Chaîne des Rotîsseurs Contest 2018.

Representative of the Associazione Italiana Sommelier and the Mexican School of Sommeliers in the State of Chihuahua. Co-founder and director of “MEDIAUVA”. Representative of Chihuahua wines in the North and West-Bajío areas.

Biochemical Engineer. General Certificate in Brewing and Spirits by the IBD. Mead Beer Judge, BJCP. Certified Cicerone®. Unionbirrai Beer Taster. Master Mezcalier by the Pro-Cultura del Mezcal Association A.C. Cigar Sommelier. Instructor at the Mexican Academy of Sommeliers.

Sommelier from the Spanish School of Sommeliers Mexico, Professional Beer Tasting and Style Evaluation from the Siebel Institute of Technology. Certified Sake Sommelier from the Sake Sommelier Association. Certified Cicerone and BJCP Judge with 10 years of experience as a taster and organizer of beer competitions in Mexico, United States, Japan, Central and South America.

Graduated in Gastronomic Business with a specialization in Beverages from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara. Certified sommelier. WSET Level 2 in Wines. Wine communicator on social media as @degusstalo. Specialized sommelier of the DOCa Rioja and the D.O. Rueda.

Master of Wine. Wine director, importer, educator, international judge, winemaker, climate activist and writer. Winemaker for Peter Paul Wines for seven years. Partner at WineWise and regular contributor to JancisRobinson.com and the Napa Valley Viticultural Society's Journal. Co-host of the FourTop podcast.

Degree in Oenology from the ISVV Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences in Bordeaux. Diploma in Oenology and Viticulture from the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Chile. Student of the Winemaker program at the University of California, in Davis. Content creator with more than 350 thousand followers on IG, FB and TikTok.

Deputy Director of Communications for the Mexican Wine Council (CMV) and food journalist with 15 years of experience. Contributor to El Universal and NRM Communications. Graduated as a sommelier by the Association of Mexican Sommeliers and the Mexican School of Sommeliers.

Sommelier from Chihuahua. Graduated of the Napa Valley Wine Academy. WSET Level 3 in Wines and Spirits.

Certified Sommelier by The Court of Master Sommeliers. Co-owner of Hermitage. Maestra Tequilera by the Mexican Academy of Tasters of Tequila, Wine and Mezcal A.C. Ambassador of Oregon and Washington wines in Mexico. Ambassador of the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles for the United States.

Head of Bodegas Domecq & Winemaker. Industrial engineer and oenologist with more than 20 years of experience. Considered one of the 25 Wine Leaders in Mexico in 2021, 2022 and 2023.

Member of the Mexican Academy of Tequila, Wine and Mezcal Tasters. Co-founder, Master Distiller and Tequila Expert Trainer of CULTURA Y CAPACITACION DEL TEQUILA AC. Judge of the Spirits Selection by Concours Mondial de Bruxelles.

Founder INVINO Distribuidora & Invino Cava y Copeo, at Monterrey. WSET Level 3. Content creator with the account and community on instagram @vinohistorias. Marketing and Branding Consultant for ElBulliFoundation, in 2013.