Jury
Professional judges select the awarded wines ans spirits with integrity for their quality, expression and balance.
Tony Aiken, BA. Computer programmer, owner of Data Collection Solutions. Sensory panel leader and pilot operations distiller at BDAS, LLC. Botanicals expert for gin. Distilled spirits shelf-life studies scientist. Brewer, beer (BJCP and GABF/WBC) and spirits judge/educator. Book chapter and peer-reviewed author of papers and speaker/presenter on the sensory science of beverages.
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Editor of barricas.com since 1999. Author El Anuario del Vino and El Anuario del Pisco.
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President of the Brazilian Enology Association / Enologist at Bodega Czarnobay
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Owner/Partner Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant Oxbow Cheese & Wine Merchant, Napa
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Gary Spedding, PhD. Brewing and Distilling Analytical Chemist (BDAS, LLC). Beer and Spirits judge (BJCP and GABF/WBC, ADI, ACSA), educator and sensory scientist. Author of book chapters on beer and distilled spirits. Magazine and peer-reviewed papers author. Editor of the Journal of Distilling Science.
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Oenologist, The Brazilian Association of Oenology (Associação Brasileira de Enologia) Enólogo consultor através da Enovitis Enologia e Viticultura Ltda em diversas regiões do Brasil nos estados RS, PR, SC, SP, MG, ES, DF E GO.
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