The Balkans International Wine Competition and Festival 2012 (BIWC 2012) Press Release 2/6/2012 Date: June 13, 2012
Panel of judges at BIWC 2012
It is our pleasure to inform you that our Competition shall take place on June 14 and June 15, 2012, while the Festival is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, June 16 and June 17, 2012 from 11:00 until 19:00 – both at Grand Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria. Only Festival is open to public.
Members of our panel of judges are highly qualified and respectable wine professionals. We have 20 members of the panel including four members holding the most prestigious qualification in the world of wine – Master of Wine (MW). Please find below their names and countries of origin and residence:
Konstantinos Lazarakis MW – Greece (Chairman)
Caroline Gilby MW – United Kingdom
Christy Canterbury MW – USA (New York)
Paul Liversedge MW – United Kingdom (residence in Switzerland)
Jaime Araujo – USA
Jan Holmström – Sweden
Vladimir Tsapelik – Russia (Moscow)
Markus Stolz – Germany (residence in Greece)
Vili Galabova – Bulgaria
Alessandro Griccioli – Italy
Robert Gorjak – Slovenia
Yana Petkova – Bulgaria
Saša Špiranec – Croatia
Luiz Alberto – USA (New Jersey)
Dimitar Nikolov – Bulgaria
Stevan Rajta – Serbia
Ivana Simjanovska – Macedonia (Skopje)
Yasen Zahariev – Bulgaria
Horia Hasnaş – Romania
Georgi Mihov – Bulgaria
Our judges are coming from 14 countries including 8 countries from the Balkan region.
For any questions whatsoever about the BIWC 2012 Competition or Festival, please do not hesitate to get in touch via the following e-mail addresses:
