New York Chapter

Mollie Battenhouse

Master Of Wine & National Director of Wine Education

Jackson Family Wines
New York

Robin Robinson

Author, Founder

The Complete Whiskey Course
New York

Dr. Liz Thach

Master Of Wine

Sonoma State University
New York

Scott Rosenbaum

CEO

Ah So Insights
New York

Elana Effrat

Adjunct Teacher

City Tech Hospitality Management Department
New York

Thomas Perez

Founder

Mesón Sommelier
New York

Liz Rhoades

Director, Whiskey Operations and R&D

WhistlePig Whiskey
New York

London Chapter

Maria Laura Ortiz

Founder

Winifera
London

Tobias Gorn

Co-Founder & Senior Partner

International Drinks Specialists
London

Vikki Bruce

Managing Director

Maclean & Bruce
London

Jane Peyton

Founder

School Of Booze
London

Barry McCaughley

Panel Judge

World Drinks Awards / Wine & Spirits Awards
London

Svetoslav Manolev MS

Regional Sales Manager

Berkmann Wine Cellars
London

Paul Dempsey

Sales & Marketing Director, Connoisseurs Department

Brave New Spirits Ltd
London

Giorgio Bargiani

Assistant Director of Mixology

World's Best Bar
London

Stuart Baxter

Spirits Ambassador

Inver House Distillers
London

Claire Warner

Co-Founder

Æcorn
London

Ian Burrell

Founder and Ambassador

Rum Fest, UK and Global Rum Ambassador
London

Dubai Chapter

Beans Boughton

Master Of Wine

Maritime and Mercantile International (MMI)
Dubai

Christophe Roux

VP Commercial - e& enterprise

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Dubai

Mariana Malni

Founder

Mariana Malni
Dubai

Alex Tarditi

Asia-Pacific and Middle-East Export Manager

VRANKEN-POMMERY MONOPOLE
Dubai

Amit Chavan

Head Sommelier

Hakkasan Abu Dhabi
Dubai

Hong Kong Chapter

Holly Graham

Managing Editor

DRiNK Magazine
Hong Kong

Marco Milani

CEO

Silver Heights Vineyard
Hong Kong

Rebecca Leung

Founder

Wine is Beautiful
Hong Kong

Tom Egerton

Founder

Tokyo Confidential
Hong Kong

Singapore Chapter

Ravi Viswanathan

Chairman

Grover Zampa Vineyards
Singapore

Aishwarya Nair

Food & Wine Consultant

ALIGNE
Singapore

Aditya Lamba

Commerical Manager Singapore

Bacardi
Singapore

Thomas NG

Founder and Managing Director

Golden Clover Pte Ltd
Singapore

Bangkok Chapter

Hillman Lentz

Co-Founder

Unique Bavarian Brewery
Bangkok

Archie Gracie

Winery & Supply Chain Director

Siam Winery
Bangkok

Dirakerit Kotchawong

Master Sommelier & Brand Ambassador

The Riedel Group
Bangkok

Global Chapter

François Chartier

President / Best Sommelier in the World

Chartier World LAB - Barcelona / Tokyo / Montreal
Global

Roderick Smith

Master Of Wine / Owner

Riviera Wine Academy
Global

Robin Coupar

Global Whiskey Advocate

Campari Group
Global

Bernhard Schäfer

Co-Founder

European Network of Spirit Experts (ENSE )
Global

Derek Sandhaus

Co-Founder

Ming River Sichuan Baijiu
Global

David Allardice

Scotch Whisky Ambassador for Glenfiddich (U.S.)

Glenfiddich (U.S.)
Global

Francesco Marone Cinzano

Owner

Col d'Orcia
Global

Marko Bilic

Founder / President / CEO

Cigar Club Mareva (Split, Croatia)
Global

Storm Boen

Chairman & CEO / US Army Veteran

OPERATION: CIGARS FOR WARRIORS and C.A.T.S. (cigar Aficionados Trades and Sales)
Global

Kaizad Hansotia

Founder

Gurkha Cigars Company
Global

Priscilla Hennekam

Founder and Director

Hennekam Wine Consultancy
Global

Christopher Pellegrini

Founder

Honkaku Spirits
Global

Seãn Johnson

Owner

CigarConvo (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
Global

Antonio Angelo Benigni

CEO & Director

Cantine Antonio Ferrari ( Galliate, Novara, Italy)
Global

Jordan Lynn

Private Client Wine Sales & Wine Advisor

Château De Pommard & Vivant
Global

Ludwig Vanneron

Oenologist & Wine Expert

Oenosmart
Global

Kristina Petraviciute

Founder

Wine Sapiens
Global

Nicolas Boissonneau

Owner

Boissonneau Wines & Services
Global

Francisco Arias

Certified Cigar Sommelier Tobacconist (CCST)

cigar-x.com
Global

Isabelle Moren

Co-founder

Chartier World LAB - Barcelona / Tokyo / Montreal
Global

Alexis Caraux

Director

Millesiwine
Global

Eva Bellagamba

Partner

Pietro Beconcini Organic Wines
Global

Jesus Sanchez

Brand Ambassador

Bodegas Cvne
Global

Namratha Prashanth

Managing Director

Wine Equation
Global

Alper Billik

Founder

SOMM DIGI
Global

Arashasp Shroff

Beverage Director & Head sommelier

CN Tower
Global

Arthur Nägele

Founder

spirituosenakademie
Global

Ami Shroff

Professional Mixologist

Ami Shroff
Global

Mitch Bechard

Founder and Director

CopperCairn
Global

Pierre Cazeneuve

Managing Director

Chateau Paloumey, Cru Bourgeois Haut-Médoc
Global

Jai Anand

Founder CEO and Chief Culture Head

DOJA
Global

Megumi Nishidas

Representative

Keep North
Global

Jan Vistisen

Founder & Owner

Royal Danish & House of Nicaragua
Global

Olivier Paultes

Director, Distilleries and Communication

Hennessy
Global

EDUARDO BRETHAUER

Owner

VITIS MAGAZINE
Global

Susan R Lin

Master of Wine

Belmont Wine Exchange
Global

Brinda Bourhis

Managing Director

Winevox
Global

Ulric Nijs

Founder

Bar-face Beverage Consultancy
Global

Arijit Bose

Partner and Co-Founder

Bar back collective
Global

Danays León Potolinca di Sperlinga

Co- Owner

Sperlinga Tobacco
Global

Zdenek Kastanek

International Sales Director

ecoSPIRITS
Global

Claudio Martins

Founder and Global Business Developer

Martins Wine Advisor
Global

Shubham Khanna

Founder

GinGin & Clearly Good Gin
Global

Mauricio Maia

Global Cachaça Ambassador

O Cachacier
Global

Laura Noguera Barranco

Director and Owner

Casa Azteca
Global

Rodrigo Flores

Brand Ambassador

Pisco Producers Association
Global

Johnny Schuler

CEO

Destileria La Caraved
Global

Alexandre Vingtier

President & CEO

Alexandre Vingtier Consulting
Global

Mumbai Chapter

Jackie Matai

Co-Founder

Aspri Spirits Pvt. Ltd
Mumbai

Sumedh Singh Mandla

CEO

Vbev & Aws Global
Mumbai

Keshav Prakash

Founder & Curator

The Vault
Mumbai

Rojita Tiwari

Founder & Director

Drinks & Destinations
Mumbai

Anish Trivedi

President & CEO

Alenka Media
Mumbai

Dimi Lezinska

Partner

Third Eye Distillery ( Stranger & Sons Gin )
Mumbai

Vaniitha Jaiin

Founder

The Perfect Pour
Mumbai

Danny Carroll

Director

Gurkha Cigars Company
Mumbai

Vishal Kadakia

Founder

The Wine Park
Mumbai

Sakshi Saigal

Director & Co Founder

Third Eye Distillery ( Stranger & Sons Gin )
Mumbai

Kunal Patel

CEO and MD

Monika Enterprises
Mumbai

Nikhil Agarwal

CEO

All Things Nice
Mumbai

Luca Bernardini

Consultant

Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IICCI)
Mumbai

Kasturi Banerjee

 Founder

Stilldistilling Spirits
Mumbai

Navin Mittal

Owner

Gateway Brewery
Mumbai

Mark Manuel

Cigar Connoisseur

Mark Manuel
Mumbai

Craig W Wedge

Managing Director

Reserve Wines pvt ltd
Mumbai

Sidd Banerji

Founder & CEO

Apex Wine Club India
Mumbai

Moksh Sani

Managing Director

Living Liquidz
Mumbai

Kadambari Kapoor

Founder

Gusto Imports
Mumbai

Devika Bhagat

Co- Founder

Adventurist Spirits Distillery
Mumbai

Varun Sudhakar S

Founder

Bar Bundle
Mumbai

Aman Thadani

Head of Business Development and Brand Collaborations

The Spirit Monks LLC
Mumbai

Delhi Chapter

Subhash Arora

Chairman and Founder

Indian Wine Academy
Delhi

Arun Kumar

Co-Founder

Aspri Spirits Pvt. Ltd
Delhi

Ameeta Seth Sharma

Director

Cingari ( Habanos Cigars)
Delhi

Anand Virmani

Founder & CEO

Nao Spirits & Beverages Pvt. Ltd.
Delhi

Shantanu Upadhyay

Co-founder & CEO

Kati Patang
Delhi

Ashish Bhasin

Founder

The Smoke Co.
Delhi

Akhil Mathur

Corporate Strategy Advisor

NV LIFESTYLES PVT LTD (Davidoff Cigars India)
Delhi

Ravi Joshi

Founder

Colonel Joe
Delhi

Anirudh Singhal

Founder

Speedx- Bars of Steel
Delhi

Ankur Bhatia

Founder

Jimmy's Cocktails
Delhi

Shuchir Suri

Founder

Jade forest
Delhi

Angad Singh Gandhi

Glenfiddich Brand Ambassador

William Grant & Sons
Delhi

Varun Jain

CEO

NV Group
Delhi

Aditya Aggarwal

Founder & CEO

Spaceman Spirits Lab
Delhi

Rukn Luthra

Managing Director

Fermentras India Pvt.
Delhi

Bengaluru Chapter

Abhay Kewadkar

Co-Founder

Tetrad Global Beverages Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru

Thrivikram G Nikam

Managing Director

Amrut Distilleries
Bengaluru

Uday Balaji

Founder

The Whisky Advisor
Bengaluru

Hemanth Sureddi

Founder

Cigar Conexion
Bengaluru

Devati BasuMallick

Sommelier and Brand Head

KRSMA Estates Wines
Bengaluru

Rohan Carvalho

Founder & Partner

Bar Square Academy of Bartending
Bengaluru

Raju D N ( Darby )

CMD

Soma Vineyards Bangalore
Bengaluru

Hyderabad Chapter

Kishan Pedhapally

Founder & CEO

Asav Wineyards
Hyderabad

Rikshit Parsan

Director & CEO

Ace Beveragez Pvt Ltd
Hyderabad

Suryaveer Singh

Executive Director & Founder

Trance Hotels & Resorts and Hyderabad & Bangalore Wine Society
Hyderabad

Vishal Fernandes

Co-Founder

Hyderabad Wine Society
Hyderabad

Ranbir Bagga

Founder Director

Bagga Group
Hyderabad

Chennai Chapter

Chinmaya Arjun Raja

Founder

The Chennai Wine Club
Chennai

Minnie Menon

President

Terroir The Madras Wine Club
Chennai

Viswanathan M

Executive Director

Vsquare Alcobev Private Limited
Chennai

Versha Chawla

Founding Member & Secretary

Coimbatore Wine Society
Chennai

Kolkata Chapter

Sudhir Ahuja

MD

Beyzaa Hotel and Suites
Kolkata

Prarrthona Pal Chowdhury

Zonal External Affairs Manager

Pernod Ricard India
Kolkata

Sarat Parson

Partner

Parsan Brothers
Kolkata

Souvik Nandy

Co-Founder | Wine Sommelier | Whiskey Ambassador

Asian School of Tea
Kolkata

Pune Chapter

Aditi Pai

Director

Vallonne Vineyards Pvt. Ltd.
Pune

Pradeep Pachpatil

Chairman & MD

Soma Vine Village & Soma Vineyards &Resort
Pune

Ajoy Shaw

Independent Consultant Winemaker and Wine Professional

A Joy Of Wines
Pune

Nitin Vishwas

Co-Founder

Ronin Wines Pvt Ltd (Moonshine Meadery)
Pune

Nakul Bhonsle

Founder

Great State Aleworks
Pune

Sujata Patil

Founder

The GrapewineConsultancy
Pune

Hansel Vaz

Founder

Cazulo Premium Feni ( GOA, India)
Pune

Yatin Patil

Managing Director

Vintage Wines Pvt. Ltd.
Pune

Indore Chapter

Rajesh Patidar

Founder

Ambi Vineyards & Wine Shops
Indore

Mukkesh P Showkeen

Managing Director & CEO

Blessings Beverages Pvt Ltd
Indore