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Roger Fawcett

Roger Fawcett
Whole Foods Market Wine Buyer

Roger Fawcett, Whole Foods Market Southern Pacific Regional Wine Buyer, has over 14 years in the food and wine business. Roger oversees the wine program for 49 stores in Southern California, Arizona, Hawaii and Las Vegas. Roger has traveled internationally visiting vineyards and meeting winemakers whose wines he has introduced to Whole Foods Market. He … Continued

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John Gillespie

John Gillespie
Founder, Wine Opinions

One of the most prominent wine marketers in the U.S., John Gillespie’s career spans more than thirty years, and is highlighted by his leadership of Wine Market Council and his direction for more than a decade of the council’s ongoing programs of consumer research, advertising, and public relations. At Wine Colleagues, he directs the Consumer … Continued

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Steve Gross

Steve Gross
Vice President, State Relations, Wine Institute

Steve Gross is Vice President, State Relations at Wine Institute, where he has been employed since 1986.  Steve’s duties entail overseeing the activities of Wine Institute’s six State Relations Regional Counsels and Regional Managers as they address state legislation affecting the wine industry, as well as coordinating Wine Institute’s legislative and regulatory activities with staff, … Continued

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Eric Hervé

Eric Hervé
Enologist, ETS Laboratories

Eric Hervé received his PhD from the Faculté d’Oenologie of Bordeaux, France, where he completed a research program on the key flavor components of Armagnac and Cognac brandies. Dr. Hervé joined ETS in 1997 to conduct a cork research program. First, Eric developed an automated method to reliably measure trace amounts of 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (TCA), down … Continued

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Kaethy Kennedy

Kaethy Kennedy
Video Producer

Kaethy Kennedy comes from the movie marketing industry in Hollywood. For over twenty years, she helped create trailers and TV spots for some of the biggest films on the silver screen, and ran her own successful ad agency. Looking for a change, and wanting to pursue her passion for wine, she enrolled in the 2011 … Continued

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