Special Guest: Rob Renteria

Rob Renteria has been a sommelier in the Bay Area restaurant industry for 20 years. He first worked with the wine list at Rubicon before contributing to the lists at Bacar and EOS, all in San Francisco. Upon moving to Napa Valley, he was the Wine Director at Martini House in St. Helena; at Redd in Yountville, in which Wine Enthusiast Magazine ranked his list as one of the Top 100 in America. In 2009, he founded Analog Wine Company, a negociant wine label Napa Valley. In 2012, he returned to San Francisco. He is currently the sommelier at La Folie. He has also been a regular tasting panelist for the San Francisco Chronicle and Wine and Spirits Magazine. Follow his rants about wine and culture on Twitter @angrysomm.

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Special Guest: Eugenio Jardim

A native of Brazil, Eugenio Jardim has been a part San Francisco's wine scene since 1988.  He's created and run wine programs for some of the city's hottest clubs and restaurants, been featured guest speaker and judge at countless events and competitions and became the first US Ambassador for Wines of Portugal. 

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Special Guest: Dean Hewitson, Owner & Winemaker, Hewitson Winery, Barossa Valley

Dean Hewitson has been making wine since he graduated from Australia’s world-famous Roseworthy Agricultural College in 1986.  He established highly acclaimed Hewitson winery in the Barossa Valley in 1998.  San Francisco Wine School Proudly welcomes him as a special guest panelist for Wine Australia's Old Vine Treasures.

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Special Guest: Ira Noroff, CWE, CSE

Ira Noroff has been working in the wine industry since 1976.  He is a Certified Wine Educator and holds many other wine & spirits credentials.  He was a Director of Education with Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits for 15 years until his retirement in 2020.

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