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Alok Chandra is a wine consultant running Gryphon Brands Inc. He has been working in the Indian alcoholic beverages industry for 25 years and has worked for The UB Group and International Distillers India (now Diageo India) as their General Manager Wines.

Dr. Ariff Jamalis a wine maker and an independent international wine consultant.

Asha Bhatia is a freelance journalist living in Dubai.

Brinda Gill, Sommelier India-The Wine Magazine's correspondent in Pune, is a post-graduate in Economics (LSR, Delhi; Gokhale Institute, Pune) and enjoys studying the wealth of India through its living heritage, crafts and people. She enjoys writing on these subjects and has written extensively for magazines in India and abroad.

Bob Ecker is a Napa, California based writer providing numerous worldwide magazines and newspapers with powerful wine, travel, culinary and feature content. He is constantly on the go, sampling new wines, uncorking emerging regions, and interviewing industry leaders across the globe.

Carol Wright is a freelance travel writer based in the UK. Besides writing on travel for a wide range of publications in various parts of the world, she writes about food and wine and contributes regularly to BBC Good Food Magazine. She has written thirty books on food and travel subjects including three books on Portugal, the QE2 Cookbook and Tables in the Sky, a cook book for British Airways.

Harshal Shah is a sommelier, qualified in Sydney, Australia, and former executive committee member of the Australian Sommelier's Association (NSW). Harshal is a WSET-qualified trainer and conducts WSET courses for food and beverage personnel in India. He also produces and presents wine programs on Indian television.

Ch'ng Poh Tiong is publisher/editor of The Wine Review, Chinese Bordeaux Guide and Asian Sommelier Guide. Based in Singapore, he is also a columnist for Decanter Magazine, UK.

Fiona Beckett is a contributing editor for Decanter Magazine. She has also written for BBC Good Food, Australian Gourmet Traveller and Bon Appetit (USA).

Gustasp & Jeroo Irani are travel writers who have sniffed, swirled, sipped... and hacked their way through a number of wineries around the world. They write for The Economic Times, The Hindu and Business Traveller India among other publications.

Jessica Hausman is a native of Berkeley, California and has spent 20 years in San Francisco before moving to Colorado. She lives and writes from her home base in Denver. She also writes for the International Sommelier Guild.

Jug Suraiya is perhaps best known for his free-wheeling column, Jugular Vein, which appears in the Times of India every Sunday. He is an author and a columnist.

Judith Croll Swanger is a a Master of Wine from the Culinary Institute of America. She lives in Healdsburg, California and is the President of Wine God, INC which provides educational formats for wine service in the hospitallity industry.

Helen Coburn has written for Wine Ireland, Dial, Harpers and Wine and Dine Singapore. She holds the Diploma of the Wine and Spirit Trust and is currently studying for the Master of Wine qualification.

Jancis Robinson, OBE and Master of Wine, is one of the world's leading authorities on wine, voted the Wine Writer' Writer by her peers in The Observer. The first person outside the wine trade to have passed the Master of Wine exams, she is now the wine columnist for the Financial Times as well.

Magandeep Singh is a Delhi based Sommelier and wine consultant. He currently writes a column for The Hindustan Times and has written for several other publications too. He has served on an India Today Food Jury. Magandeep has also conducted wine classes for several hotels and restaurants across India.

Marisa D'Vari AIWS and Certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers, is a Manhattan-based specialist in rare and fine wines who writes for London's Financial Times, Robb Report, Quarterly Review of Wines, and the San Francisco Chronicle among dozens of others. She is a judge for the International Wine & Spirits Competition as well as the International Wine Challenge in London, and consults with restaurants around the world.

Lydia Itoi is a food and wine journalist currently based in London and writing for TIME Magazine Europe as well as Newsweek Japan and various American publications.

Michele Shah is a  wine,  food and  travel writer based in Italy who has been covering wine for twenty years. She writes for publications such as Wine Spectator, Decanter, Wine International and Wine & Spirit International and is a Member of the Circle of Wine Writers.

Paul Ippolito produces an independent consumer newsletter on wine and is a widely published Australian wine writer and broadcaster.

Ritu Menon is a feminist publisher and writer based in Delhi.

Rahoul Singh is an architect and designer who is a frequent visitor to Italy and a wine enthusiast.

Rosemary George is a Master of Wine and is among the UK's most highly regarded wine writers. She has written several authoritative books and has won numerous awards including the Andre Simon Award for The Wines of Chablis

Roy Moorfield is a Melbourne wine merchant and marketer, whose several consultancies include being the Australian adviser to Cathay Pacific and winemaking consultant for Chinkara wines.